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The Changing Mind

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

More of us are living into our eighties than ever before - what if the best was yet to come? The bestselling author of The Organized Mind reveals the evolving power of the human brain through the ages.

Recent studies show that our decision-making skills improve as we age, and that our happiness levels peak at age 82.

Dr Daniel Levitin draws on cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate the cognitive benefits of getting older. He challenges the beliefs that surround the ageing process, including our assumptions around memory loss and our focus on lifespan instead of 'healthspan'.

Packed with engaging interviews with individuals who have thrived far beyond the conventional age of retirement, this book offers a realistic plan full of practical, cognitive enhancing tricks for everyone to follow during each decade of their life.

The Changing Mind is a radical exploration of what we all can learn from those who age joyously.

© Daniel Levitin 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

The secrets of ageing well ... Daniel Levitin is a distinguished American neuroscientist and this is a serious, evidence-based guide to what really works and why
Sunday Times
A fact-filled and optimistic guide to ageing well ... Levitin is an invaluable kind of scientist ... The Changing Mind is replete with curious facts ... Optimism is a life-preserver. His book bubbles with it. Levitin makes a strong case for the consolations if not the joys of age
The Times
Optimistic in tone ... Levitin loves to tell stories ... he's a good companion
Evening Standard
Comprehensive and fascinating insight into the evolving human brain. This book could change your life
Professor Stephen Westaby, author of 'Fragile Lives'
None of us can afford to ignore Daniel Levitin's The Changing Mind ... The good news is that it's not all downhill: according to Levitin our decision-making skills and happiness levels actually increase in later life
New Statesman
The idea that your mind has to decline with age is false - and there is plenty we can do to keep it sharp
Telegraph
Neuroscientist Levitin delves into the multiple-trace theory of memory, the ageing microbiome, fats and the brain, the impacts of neural implants, and the joys of non-retirement. A clear-eyed, insightful overview of the neurophysiological healthspan
Nature
Delivers welcome news about the ageing brain: it is happier, quicker and often much healthier than you may imagine
New Scientist
Daniel Levitin's refreshing perspective on ageing will change your opinion on this unique phase of life and challenge the 'slowing down' stereotype. Using a scientific and thoroughly engaging approach, Levitin convinces us that with medical advances alongside positive lifestyle changes described in this book, we can all look forward to older age as a fulfilling and exciting chapter in our lives
Dr Rupy Aujla, author of The Doctor’s Kitchen
This is a book that can make things feel a whole lot brighter
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Author Daniel Levitin
Narrator Daniel Levitin
Duration 18 hours and 37 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780241432624
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Coping with ageing, Popular science, Psychology of ageing
Availability AU, GB, IE

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