Dealing with Memory Changes As You Grow Older

Dealing with Memory Changes As You Grow Older
Author: Kathleen Gose
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-12-07
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0307813371

Separate the facts from the fears about memory loss. For many older people and their families, the fear of progressive memory loss is the chief anxiety about aging. To them, lapses that younger people would laugh off as distraction may seem the early symptoms of an inevitable decline into senility. The good news is that most of these fears are unfounded. Kathleen Gose, a social worker, and Gloria Levi, a gerontologist, both have had years of experience working with older adults. They developed Dealing with Memory Changes to provide upbeat, practical answers to seniors’ most pressing questions: • What memory changes are normal with age? • How does memory work and what conditions other than age can affect it? • How does age affect intelligence and the ability to learn? • What are the best strategies for remembering everyday details—such as house keys, shopping lists, and names? • What signs indicate a need for help? Plus, invaluable information on how memory is affected by nutrition, depression, stress, prescription drugs, alcohol, exercise—and much more.

Improving Your Memory

Improving Your Memory
Author: Janet Fogler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1994
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780801847684

Designed to be used as a self-help manual or as a student text in a memory-improvement course, Improving Your Memory enables adults to understand how memory works, how it changes with age, and how it can be improved with training and practice. In clear, concise language, the authors describe the memory process, discuss conditions that can affect anyone's memory--such as depression, illness, or stress--and offer practical memory improvement techniques. Examples and exercises are included in the workbook-style manual to demonstrate concepts and techniques and their application in daily life.

Memory

Memory
Author: Carol A. Turkington
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2003-02-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0471462675

* Master the 3 keys of memory * Boost memory power with self-tests * Remember everything better, from names and faces to articles andspeeches Master key concepts. Prepare for exams. Learn at your ownpace. How does memory work? What kind of drugs can impair memory? Howdoes the brain change with age? What are the tricks to improvingeveryday memory? With Memory: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'lldiscover the answers to these questions and many more. Carol Turkington provides memory-boosting activities related tostudy skills, foreign languages, names and faces, numbers,speeches, and age-related memory loss. The techniques presentedwill enable anyone to boost memory power and, by using Turkington'sessential memory keys, cultivate tools for remembering that willlast a lifetime. The step-by-step, clearly structured format ofMemory makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood,comprehensive overview. Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Memory allows you to build graduallyon what you have learned-at your own pace. Questions and self-testsreinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skipahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful,up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuablelearning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improvehis or her memory.

Memory Fitness

Memory Fitness
Author: Gilles O. Einstein
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0300133588

div Do all adults experience memory difficulties as they age? What is the difference between normal memory change and the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? Is it possible to stem—or even reverse—memory decline? This timely book is a comprehensive guide for the growing number of adults who are eager to learn how aging affects memory and what can or cannot be done about it. Gilles Einstein and Mark McDaniel, widely respected for their research and lectures on memory, explain how memory works and how memory processes change with age. Based on up-to-date and rigorous scientific evidence, they also offer * techniques and strategies for improving memory in everyday life * alternatives to hard-to-use mnemonic techniques * physical and mental exercises that can enhance memory * a review of drugs and nutritional supplements touted to enhance memory * a complete discussion of Alzheimer’s disease, its symptoms and risk factors, along with guidance for caretakers * and much more. /DIV

Memory Change in the Aged

Memory Change in the Aged
Author: David F. Hultsch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1998-11-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780521473613

Do memory abilities decline with aging? Are changes in memory universal or differential? Do they occur similarly or differently for all types of memory and to all aging persons? These are some of the principal questions explored in the Victoria Longitudinal Study and presented in this volume. Although there is a tremendous amount of research comparing the memory performance of younger and older adults, very few studies have followed the same older adults over time. Only through the use of such longitudinal methods can one directly observe changes in memory functioning with aging. This monograph reports longitudinal data following the same individuals over a six-year period. The authors consider a variety of theoretical and methodological issues related to memory and aging.

The Memory Manual

The Memory Manual
Author: Betty Fielding
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781884956157

No gimmicks, no long codes or systems to study and memorize, just a simple, holistic program that will get you or a loved-one on track to a better memory and a fuller life.

A Practical Course in Memory Training

A Practical Course in Memory Training
Author: Ernest Wood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781425367664

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.