Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain (31 page)
estrogen
executive function
exercise
Experience Corps
facial recognition
fat
fiber
fidelity
Fingerman, Karen L.
Finland, retirement and
fish oil
Florida, University of
Florida State University
folic acid
Ford, Harrison
Fox, Nick
free radicals
Fried, Linda
frontal cortex
functional MRIs
GABA (neurotransmitter)
Gabrieli, John
Gage, Fred
garlic
Gazzaley, Adam
gene chips (microarrays)
genes
genetic analysis
gingko biloba
gist
GlaxoSmithKlein
glia cells
Goldberg, Elkhonon
Goldblum, Martin
Grady, Cheryl
grains
grandmother hypothesis
grapefruit
grapes
Great Santini, The
Greece, ancient
green tea
growth factors
Gullette, Margaret
Haggard, Ted
Happy Neuron
HAROLD (Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in Older Adults)
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Hasher, Lynn
heart disease
Helson, Ravenna
Hess, Thomas
hippocampus
Hodes, Richard J.
Home Depot
hormone therapy
hypertension (high blood pressure)
Iacoboni, Marco
Illinois, University of
In Defense of Food
(Pollan)
(Pollan)
Indianapolis, University of
inductive reasoning
inflammation
information overload
inhibitory deficits
insulin
IQ
Jagger, Mick
James, William
James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital
Jaques, Elliott
Johns Hopkins University
Jordan, Michael
Joseph, James
Journal of Gerontology
Journal of the American Medical Association
judgment
Kahn, Louis
kale
Karolinska Institute
Katzman, Robert
Kentucky, University of
Kesler, Shelli
Kessler, Ronald
kidney beans
kiwifruit
Kolata, Gina
Kramer, Art
Ladies’ Home Journal
Lahey, Joanna
Laibson, David
Levinson, Daniel
Levy, Becca
life expectancy
Life in the Middle
(Willis)
(Willis)
Liu, Linda
longitudinal studies
MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Mather, Mara
Mattson, Mark
Mature Mind, The
(Cohen)
(Cohen)
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Mayo Clinic
Mediterranean diet
memory:
context and
emotion and
episodic form of
genes and
hippocampus and
mechanisms of
name recall and
positivity effect and
recognition type of
short-term form of
techniques for improvement of
unreliability of
verbal type of
visualization and
worry over loss of
see also
aging; brain; middle age
aging; brain; middle age
Menon, Usha
menopause
Merzenich, Michael
Miami, University of
Michigan, University of
middle age:
changing landscape of
cognitive processes and
definition of
emotions and
experience (expertise) and
life expectancy and
losing one’s mind as worry of
memory and,
see
memory
see
memory
myths about
name recall and
number of persons in
nutrition and
pattern recognition and
problem solving and
processing speed of brain in
segmentation of periods of
social interaction and
train of thought and
wisdom and
see also
aging; brain; memory
aging; brain; memory
mid-life crises
Mikels, Joseph
Milgram, William
Mills College
Mirroring People
(Iacoboni)
(Iacoboni)
mirror neurons
monkeys
see also
chimpanzees
see also
chimpanzees
Morris water maze
Moss, Mark
motor cortex
MRIs
Mroczek, Daniel K.
multiple sclerosis (MS)
myelin MS and
National Academy of Sciences
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nature
Nature Medicine
Nature Neuroscience
neocortex
neural noise
Neurobiology of Aging
neuroeconomics
neurogenesis
Neurology
neuromodulators
neurons
axons of
dementia and
dendrites and
genesis of
hormones and
memory and
mirror type of
myelin sheath of
myth of loss of
nurse genes and
neuroplasticity
neurotransmitters
New York University School of Medicine
Nintendo
Nixon, Patricia
norepinephrine
North Carolina State University
Nowlin, Susan
number ability
Nun Study
nurse genes
nutrition:
animal studies of
blood glucose levels and
brain health and
caloric restriction and
obesity
Oedipus at Colonus
(Sophocles)
(Sophocles)
oligodendrocytes
omega-3 fatty acids
ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity)
oranges
orbital frontal cortex
Oregon Health & Science University
oxidative stress
pancreas
Park, Denise
Parkinson’s disease
Passages
(Sheehy)
(Sheehy)
Patchett, Ann
pattern recognition
Pennsylvania State University
perceptual speed
PET (positron emission tomography) scans
pilots
pink grapefruit
Pitt, Brad
plums
Pollan, Michael
Pomona College
positivity effect
Posit Science Corporation
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Praag, Henriette van
prefrontal cortex
Provigil
Prozac
prunes
Purdue University
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago
raspberries
Raz, Naftali
recognition memory
red grapes
red peppers
resveratrol
retirement
Reuter- Lorenz, Patricia
Reyna, Valerie
Ritalin
Rodrigue, Karen M.
Rourke, Mickey
Rubinstein, Arthur
Rush Religious Orders Study
Ryff, Carol
Safire, William
Salk Institute
salt
scaffolding
Scarmeas, Nick
Schaie, K. Warner
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Scientifi c American
Seasons of a Man’s Life, The
(Levinson)
(Levinson)
Seattle Longitudinal Study
self-image
Serenity Prayer
serotonin
Sheehy, Gail
short-term memory
Shoven, John B.
Shukitt-Hale, Barbara
Shweder, Richard A.
Sloan, Richard
Small, Scott,
Smith, Jacqui
Smith, Mark A.
smoking
Snowdon, David
Sophocles
Soto, Christopher J.
Southern California, University of
South Florida, University of
Space Fortress
spatial orientation
spinach
spirulina
Springer, Mellanie
Stanford University
Stanford Center on Longevity at
Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center
statins
stem cells
Stern, Yaakov
strawberries
stress
strokes
sugar
Sullenberger, Chesley B.
talk therapy
task-switching
Taylor, Joy L.
Texas, University of
theta waves
thyme
tomatoes
Toronto, University of
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
(Begley)
(Begley)
Tufts University
turmeric
Updike, John
US Airways
vascular disease
verbal memory
Veterans Administration, U.S.
Viagra
video games
visualization
visual orientation
vitamin C,
vitamin E
VO2 max
vocabulary
Warner, Judith
Wayne State University, Institute of Gerontology at
Welcome to Middle Age! (And Other Cultural Fictions)
(Shweder)
(Shweder)
Westminster Kennel Club
Whalley, Lawrence
“Who Are You?” (Ephron)
Willis, Sherry
wine
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
wisdom
gist and
pattern recognition and
Wisdom Paradox, The
(Goldberg)
(Goldberg)
Women’s Health Initiative
word-pair matching
work
World War II
Yankner, Bruce
youth culture
Zelinski, Elizabeth
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