How to Train the Aging Brain (Published 2009)

GRAY MATTER Neurons make new connections during learning.Credit...Illustration from istockphoto.com I LOVE reading history, and the shelves in my living room are lined with fat, fact-filled books. There’s “The Hemingses of Monticello,” about the family of Thomas Jefferson’s slave mistress; there’s “House of Cards,” about the fall of Bear Stearns; there’s “Titan,” about John D. Rockefeller Sr. The

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How to keep your brain active --- escape from the comfort zone; learn new things; doing something new. adults learn best if presented with what he calls a “disorienting dilemma,” or something that “helps you critically reflect on the assumptions you’ve acquired.”