The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older - vendido!

by Elkhonon Goldberg
Gotham Books (March, 2005)
352 pp.
Inkwell Management


Foreign rights sold:
** Brasil to Melhoramentos **
British to Simon & Schuster U.K.
Japanese to NHK Publishing
Danish to Psykologisk Gorlag
World Spanish to Critica
Italian to Ponte Alle Grazie
Swedish to Studentlitteratur


World-renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg argues that though some mental abilities decline late in life, the brain becomes more powerful in its ability to recognize patterns and we are able to make decisions at more intuitive and effective levels—a strength he terms “wisdom.” In lively, accessible prose, Goldberg delves into the mechanisms of the mind, outlining how the brain’s elegant structures develop and change over lifetime as they work increasingly in concert. Examples of great late-life successes—from Goethe to Grandma Moses, from Roosevelt to Reagan—illustrate the emerging scientific understanding of the biology of wisdom. The latest research supports Goldberg’s assertions that new neurons can be created throughout our lives, that the left brain’s specialization in pattern recognition accounts for its increased activity as we age, and that the strengthening of neural pathways in later years accelerates decision-making. Most provocatively, he outlines how a “cognitive fitness” program can both curtail the negative mental effects of aging and enhance our decision-making powers. Insightful and inspiring, this groundbreaking look into our mental machinery will change the way you think about aging—and about thinking.

About the author:

Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP/CN is an author, scientist, educator, and clinician, internationally renowned for his clinical work, research, writings and teaching in the area of neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. He is a Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology and Director of The East-West Science and Education Foundation Dr. Goldberg is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine; and also serves on the faculties of Columbia University, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, and The Fielding Graduate University. He has served as Visiting Professor at The Institute of Advanced Studies of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Sydney and other major international institutions. A student and close associate of the great neuropsychologist Alexandr Luria, Elkhonon Goldberg has continued and advanced his scientific and clinical tradition.