Description
A major new synthesis of the science behind dementia, identifying the genetic factors that contribute to the pace of aging and showing how behaviors starting in childhood can influence how we age. List of Tables List of Illustrations Prologue Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Life Course Approach 3. The Well-Connected Brain 4. Aging, Evolution, and the Brain 5. The Aging Brain 6. The Biology of the Dementias 7. The Disconnected Mind 8. Emotional Aging 9. Dementia Syndromes 10. Dementia Risk Reduction, 1: Concepts, Reserve, and Early Life Opportunities 11. Dementia Risk Reduction, 2: Midlife Opportunities to Delay Dementia Onset 12. Dementia Risk Reduction, 3: Multidomain Approaches Epilogue Notes Index
