Preface : most precious possession
1. Your unreliable brain : midlife forgetfulness is embarrassing and frustrating, but what does it mean for the future?
2. Glitches, gaps and gaffes : the memory-hungry crowd speaks candidly about screwing up
3. Frontal-lobe overload : "too much information" is just one of the reasons you feel like you're drowning
4. Blocking, blanking and begging for mercy : why words and thoughts flee without warning
5. Into the doughnut hole : what a brain scan can (and cannot) tell you about what's going on upstairs
6. Swallow this : the feeding of a midlife brain : essential fatty acids, omega-3s, vitamins, supplements and plenty of glucose
7. Mental aerobics : from tedious to addictive : options for exercising your neurons
8. Bathing in battery acid : elevated cortisol associated with chronic stress is no friend to your hippocampus
9. Yearning for estrogen : rejecting hormone therapy could leave your neurons in the lurch
10. The vulnerable brain : the repercussions of concussions you never knew you had
11. Cosmetic neurology : the potential for pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement is vast and possibly irresistible
12. Meditation and neurofeedback : going in for a tune-up : why tinkering with brain waves can improve attention
13. I'll sleep when I'm dead : sacrifice your slumber and you'll perform as well as if you've had a few stiff drinks
14. Recreational drugs, alcohol and other neurotoxins : the cognitive consequences of what you smoke, drink, eat and breathe
15. What your doctor forgot to tell you : prescription drugs and "safe" over-the-counter meds may account for your fogginess
16. The last place you look : thyroid low? Blood pressure high? A host of common midlife disorders pack a cognitive wallop
17. Staring into the eye of the tiger : deep in the grip of Alzheimer's disease at the age of sixty, Joanna graciously invites us into her world
18. Do you really want to know? : as opportunities for early assessment and intervention become available, will you embrace them?
19. Emerging triumphant : how to stockpile neurons : the habits of the cognitively well-endowed
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