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Multiple Pathways of Cognitive Aging
"The empirical study of aging and cognition has progressed tremendously over the past 50-plus years. Much of the original research had its roots in the medical realm as investigators sought to characterize cognitive deficits associated with aging. For the most part, this research adhered to a biomedical model, in which aging was considered akin to a disease, and the focus was on understanding patterns of decline that were assumed to be an inevitable part of getting older (Hess & Blanchard-Fields, 1996). Indeed, aging was often studied by comparing patterns of decline to those associated with atypical populations with specific diseases or cortical lesions/insults (e.g., West, 1996). The study...
52 Ways to Walk
'Fascinating ... Connected both to old wisdom and new scientific frontiers of discovery' Lauren Laverne ________________________ 'We can all learn something from 52 Ways to Walk. I know I can.' Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2 ________________________ Walking strengthens our bodies, calms our minds and lifts our spirits. But it does so much more than this. Our vision, hearing, respiration, sleep, cognition, memory, blood pressure, sense of smell and balance are all enhanced by how we walk. For instance: · Walking in cold weather burns extra fat and builds more muscle. · Walking alone strengthens our memories. · Walking in woodland helps us sleep. · And there's nothing more restorative than a ro...
52 de stiluri pentru mersul pe jos
Credem că știm să mergem. La urma urmei, mersul pe jos este una dintre primele abilități pe care le învățăm. Dar mulți dintre noi suntem blocați în rutinele noastre de deplasare, mergând mereu în același loc, în același mod, cu aceiași oameni. Propunând o rutină de plimbare săptămânală care îți va da de gândit și fiind susținută de dovezi, cartea 52 de stiluri pentru mersul pe jos te ajută să-ți îmbunătățești stilul de deplasare, încurajându-te totodată să cauți noi locuri (multe în apropierea ta), noi tovarăși de drum (creierul nostru funcționează mai bine atunci când avem alături noi companioni), momente noi ale zilei și ale nopții și no...
52 façons de marcher
Oubliez tout ce que vous savez sur la marche et laissez-vous guider sur des chemins singuliers. Sous la pluie, pieds nus, la nuit ou contre le vent... Réinventez votre façon de marcher avec Annabel Streets. En 52 semaines et autant de façons de les faire, retrouvez tous les bienfaits de ces gestes que nous pensions élémentaires. À vous cette liberté fondamentale aux vertus incomparables pour le corps et l'esprit ! En un mot, la clé du bien-être. À vos marques, prêts, marchez !
Cultural Clinical Psychology and PTSD
This book, written and edited by leading experts from around the world, looks critically at how culture impacts on the way posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related disorders are diagnosed and treated. There have been important advances in clinical treatment and research on PTSD, partly as a result of researchers and clinicians increasingly taking into account how "culture matters." For mental health professionals who strive to respond to the needs of people from diverse cultures who have experienced traumatic events, this book is invaluable. It presents recent research and practical approaches on key topics, including: •How culture shapes mental health and recovery •How to integr...
Resilience in Aging
The many significant technological and medical advances of the 21st century cannot overcome the escalating risk posed to older adults by such stressors as pain, weakness, fatigue, depression, anxiety, memory and other cognitive deficits, hearing loss, visual impairment, isolation, marginalization, and physical and mental illness. In order to overcome these and other challenges, and to maintain as high a quality of life as possible, older adults and the professionals who treat them need to promote and develop the capacity for resilience, which is innate in all of us to some degree. The purpose of this book is to provide the current scientific theory, clinical guidelines, and real-world interv...
Handbook of Music Psychology
"The Handbook of Music Psychology has been widely used as a textbook and resource book for researchers and practitioners. This edition contains completely revised and up-to-date chapters plus four new chapters. Written by professional musicians with extensive teaching and research experience, the Handbook is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate music psychology classes." -- Amazon.com
Digital Personalized Health and Medicine
Digital health and medical informatics have grown in importance in recent years, and have now become central to the provision of effective healthcare around the world. This book presents the proceedings of the 30th Medical Informatics Europe conference (MIE). This edition of the conference, hosted by the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) since the 1970s, was due to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in April 2020, but as a result of measures to prevent the spread of the Covid19 pandemic, the conference itself had to be cancelled. Nevertheless, because this collection of papers offers a wealth of knowledge and experience across the full spectrum of digital health and medicine, it...
Stress, Appraisal, and Coping
Here is a monumental work that continues in the tradition pioneered by co-author Richard Lazarus in his classic book Psychological Stress and the Coping Process. Dr. Lazarus and his collaborator, Dr. Susan Folkman, present here a detailed theory of psychological stress, building on the concepts of cognitive appraisal and coping which have become major themes of theory and investigation.As an integrative theoretical analysis, this volume pulls together two decades of research and thought on issues in behavioral medicine, emotion, stress management, treatment, and life span development. A selective review of the most pertinent literature is included in each chapter. The total reference listing...
