Barbara Strouk, science editor of the New York Times, dispels the prejudice that “aging is one loss after another” over almost three hundred book pages, and convincingly argues that middle age is not a time of crisis, but the heyday of his brain activity.
Yes, some reactions slow down, and sometimes attention is scattered, but a person’s cognitive abilities grow, he “grasps the big picture” of events better and can effectively use the accumulated experience. “Our brain builds connection schemes, links layers of knowledge, which allows us to instantly see analogies in situations and find solutions,” the author writes. Not without reason, in the course of recent studies at Harvard, it turned out that the best conclusions on personal monetary issues are made by people after 50 years. Moreover, it is in middle age that many people show the ability for bilateral symmetry — that is, the ability to use both halves of our brain at once instead of one, which allows a person to think more globally … The last section of the book is devoted to specific recommendations for those who would like to keep your brain working. Among the various recipes are low-calorie meals, cabbage and blueberries, physical activity and educational computer games. But the solution of crossword puzzles will not give the brain anything — we will just waste time in vain.
CAREER PRESS, 272 p.