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Index
Aberdeen, University of
acetylcholine
age discrimination
aging:
“brain-damage” model of
caloric restriction and
creativity and
dementia and,
see
dementia
see
dementia
education and
emotions and
genes and
inflammation and
loss equated with
memory and,
see
memory
see
memory
nutrition and
pattern recognition and
self-image and
social interaction and
vocabulary growth and
worries about brain function and
see also
brain; middle age
brain; middle age
“Aging and Emotional Memory:
The Forgettable Nature of Negative Images for Older Adults” (Carstensen)
“Aging Gracefully: Compensatory
Brain Activity in High-Performing Older Adults” (Cabeza)
Aging with Grace
(Snowdon)
(Snowdon)
Agriculture Department, U.S.
air-traffic controllers
Albert, Marilyn
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Alchemist, The
(Coelho)
(Coelho)
alfalfa sprouts
Almeida, David M.
Altman, Joseph
Alzheimer’s disease
cognitive reserve and
nutrition and
social interaction and
see also
dementia
dementia
American Journal of Psychiatry
amygdala
Anderson, Nicole
antidepressants
anti-inflammatories
antioxidants
top foods for
architecture, brain health and
Archives of Neurology
Ardelt, Monika
aspirin
atherosclerosis
avocados
bacteria
baked beans
Baltes, Paul
Bartzokis, George
Bedford, Victoria
beets
Begley, Sharon
Benes, Frances
Berlin Wisdom Project
Bernadette, Sister
beta-carotene
Bhagavad Gita
Bible
Bickford, Paula
bilateralization
Biosphere
blackberries
black tea
Bleecker, Margit L.
blood-brain barrier
blood glucose levels
blueberries
Bojangles
Borders
Boston University School of Medicine
brain:
adaptation of
aging and variability of
amygdala of
animal nutrition studies and
appreciation of
architecture and
association of impressions by
bilateralization of
blood barrier in
blood volume of
branches in
caloric restriction and
cell loss in
cognitive abilities and
cognitive reserve of
corpus callosum of
cortex as outermost layer of
creativity and
daydreaming and
default mode of
dendrites in
dentate gyrus of
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of
education and
emotions and,
see
emotions
see
emotions
executive function in
exercise and
facial recognition and
fidelity function of
frontal cortex of
gender differences and
genetics and
glia cells in
gray matter of
hemispheres of
hippocampus of
inflammation and
information overload and
inhibitory deficits in
judgment and
language and
memory and
mirror neurons and
motor cortex of
multitasking and
myelin and
name recall and
neocortex of
neuroplasticity of
neurotransmitters and
new experiences and
nutrition and
oligodendrocytes in
orbital frontal cortex of
pattern recognition and
prefrontal cortex of
problem solving and
processing speed of
reasoning and
reward center of
scaffolding concept of
social interaction and
stress and
teenage development of
temporal lobes of
training for improvement of
train of thought and
video game training and
volume of
white matter of
work and
see also
aging; middle age
see also
aging; middle age
Brain Age
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
Brain Fitness system
brain scans
Brandeis University
breast cancer
bridge
Brinton, Roberta Diaz
broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Bukowski, Kevin
Burke, Deborah
Burtner, Brad
Cabeza, Roberto
caffeine
California, University of:
at Berkeley
at Irvine
at Los Angeles (UCLA)
at San Diego
at San Francisco
at Santa Cruz
Calment, Jeanne Louise
Calorie Restriction Society
cancer
cardiovascular disease
carrots
Carstensen, Laura
Cell Metabolism
Center for Occupational and Environmental Neurology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Charles, Susan Turk
Charness, Neil
cherries
chess
Chess Player (dementia subject)
Chicago, University of
chimpanzees
see also
monkeys
see also
monkeys
cholesterol
Coelho, Paulo
cognitive reserve
cognitive templates
Cohen, Gene
Collins, Gail
colon cancer
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Constitution, U.S.
Cornell University
corpus callosum
cortisol
Cotman, Carl
cranberries
creativity
crossword puzzles
CR Way, The
(Calorie Restriction Society)
(Calorie Restriction Society)
curcumin
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Curse of the Working Class, The
Dawkins, Richard
daydreaming
default mode
deliberate practice
dementia
brain volume and
cognitive reserve and
education and
“escapees” from
IQ and
nutrition and
social interaction and
strokes and
dentate gyrus
depression
D’Esposito, Mark
diabetes
“Differential Aging of the Brain: Patterns, Cognitive Correlates and Modifiers” (Raz and Rodrigue)
distractions
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
dopamine
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Drexel University
Duke University
Economist
education
Einstein, Albert
electric shock therapy
emotions
frontal cortex and
grandmother hypothesis of
“Empty Nest, The: Psychological Aspects of Conflict Between Depressed Women and Their Grown Children,”
empty nest syndrome
encoding
Ephron, Nora
episodic memory
Erikson, Erik
Eriksson, Peter
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