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Aging Brain Resources

Dr. Gary Small, THE MEMORY BIBLE (Hyperion)

Dr. Gary Small’s international best-seller that provides pioneering brain-enhancement strategies, memory exercises, a healthy brain diet, and stress reduction tips, combining them into an innovative brain fitness program to enhance cognitive function and halt memory loss. Hyperion.

Dan Buettner, BLUE ZONES (National Geographic Society)

A program to help you feel better, look younger, and avoid 70% of the diseases that will kill you before your time, based on the pockets around the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives- Blue Zones. Published by National Geographic Society.

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, THE THIRD CHAPTER (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Renowned sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot challenges the still-prevailing and anachronistic images of aging by documenting and revealing the ways in which the years between ages fifty and seventy-five―the third chapter―may, in fact, be the most transformative and generative time in a person’s life. The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Esther Sternberg, M.D., THE BALANCE WITHIN (Henry Holt & Company, Inc)

Esther Sternberg, M.D., The Balance Within. A thrilling scientific detective story, this book tells how researchers finally uncovered the elusive mind-body connection and what it means for our health. Published by Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.

Dr. Robert Schwalbe, SIXTY, SEXY AND SUCCESSFUL (Praeger Publishing)

Dr. Robert Schwalbe’s book, Sixty, Sexy, and Successful: A Guide for Aging Male Baby Boomers, offers a straight-talking guide for men reaching 60 and beyond—and those who love them—to assure the decades to come are among the most rewarding of their lives. Published by Praeger.

Gail Sheehy, PASSAGES (Ballantine Books)

Guest and best-selling author Gail Sheehy’s books address fundamental questions that apply to women and men as they move through the stages of adult life from adolescence into their seasoned years.

Dr. Gary Small, iBRAIN (Harper Collins Publishers)

One of America’s leading neuroscientists reveals the remarkable brain evolution caused by the constant presence of technology today in iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind. Discovering brain evolution caused by the constant presence of technology today, separating the digital natives-those born in the computer age-from the digital immigrants, who discovered computer technology as adults. Published by Harper Collins Publishers.

National Institute on Aging

The federal organization leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.