Bibliograph

Breaking the age code, how your beliefs about aging determine how long & well you live, Becca Levy, PhD

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Breaking the age code, how your beliefs about aging determine how long & well you live, Becca Levy, PhD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-282) and index

Illustrations

charts

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaking the age code

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1308956377

Responsibility statement

Becca Levy, PhD

Sub title

how your beliefs about aging determine how long & well you live

Summary

A leading expert on the psychology of aging discusses how our individual beliefs about aging can have a profound effect on our life expectancy and offers stunning new revelations about the mind-body connection

Table Of Contents

Introduction: ideas bouncing between the US and Japan -- The pictures in our head -- Anatomy of a senior moment -- Old and fast -- Brawny brains: genes aren't destiny -- Later-life mental health growth -- Longevity advantage of 7.5 years -- Stars invisible by day: creativity and the senses -- Ageism: the evil octopus -- Individual age liberation: a new social movement -- Afterword: a town free of ageism -- Appendix 1: ABC method to bolster positive age beliefs -- Appendix 2: ammunition to debunk negative age stereotypes -- Appendix 3: a call to end structural ageism

Target audience

adult

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