Successful Aging

Successful Aginguses research from developmental neuroscience and individual differences in psychology to show that 60+ years is a unique developmental stage that, like infancy or adolescence, has its own demands and distinct advantages. Levitin takes a scientific approach to what we all can learn from those who age joyously, as well as how to adapt our culture to take full advantage of older people's wisdom and experience. Throughout his exploration of what aging really means, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical, cognitive enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age.

Packed with engaging interviews with successful, creative individuals far beyond the conventional age of "retirement," this book is very much about people with challenges readers will recognize. The book is full of accessible and discussable takeaways, which will provide great material for reading groups and media coverage.

Successful Agingwill inspire a powerful new approach to how readers think about our final decades, and it will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals, family members, and citizens within a society where the average life expectancy continues to rise. (From Allen Lane)

Levitin is a neuroscientist andcognitive psychologist and bestselling author. His books includeThis Is Your Brain on Music,The World in Six Songs,The Organized MindandA Field Guide to Lies.

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Interviews withDaniel Levitin

All in a Weekend Montreal12:07Daniel J. Levitin: "A Field Guide to Lies"

Discerning truth from fiction is not easy with the amount of information we face online. We speak with Montreal author and neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin about book his "A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age".

Shift - NB12:40Music and your brain

Neuroscientist and musician Dr. Daniel Levitin talks about our amazing relationship to music.

All in a Weekend Montreal12:05Daniel Levitin: "The Organized Mind"

Neuroscientist and cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin talks about how to deal with the information overload in his new best-selling book, "The Organized Mind".