Secrets of the Grown-Up Brain by Barbara Strauch
$14.00
Condition Used paperback with visible surface rubbing and marks, wear to the edges and corners, and creasing along the spine-side of the front cover Read full condition
Used paperback with visible surface rubbing and marks, wear to the edges and corners, and creasing along the spine-side of the front cover. Pages are age-toned.
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
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About this book
Science journalist Barbara Strauch explores research into how the brain changes during middle age, examining memory, learning, judgement and the strengths that may accompany experience. The book surveys findings about the mature mind and considers ways of maintaining mental engagement.
Condition: Used paperback with visible surface rubbing and marks, wear to the edges and corners, and creasing along the spine-side of the front cover. Pages are age-toned.
Book details
- Author: Barbara Strauch
- Publisher: Black Inc.
- Publication: 2010
- Edition / printing: Australian paperback edition, 2010; no later printing stated
- Binding: Paperback
- Pagination: 229 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9781863954730
- ISBN-10: 1863954732
Subtitle: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind. The original US edition was published as The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain. Includes bibliography and index. Printed in Australia. Only the supplied cover and copyright-page photographs have been inspected; internal completeness and annotations have not been checked.
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