Successful Aging

New books on aging remind us that the ranks of over-50s move toward the millennium like a melon through a boa constrictor. Are You Old Enough to Read This Book? Reflections on Midlife, edited by Deborah H. Deford, directs its cheerful and varied wisdom to the over-50s gang in the voices of some of our…

It’s no secret that our brain is a complex thinking machine. But in addition to our thoughts, a huge number of other processes are controlled by our brains, which evolve and change as we age. In Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives, Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Brain…