39 records matched your query       

Author:

Lear, Martha Weinman.

Title:

Where did I leave my glasses? : the what, when, and why of normal memory loss / / Martha Weinman Lear

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Wellness Central,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xix, 247 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Memory in old age--Popular works.

Summary:

According to author Lear and the memory experts she taps in the book, the memory lapses that begin in middle age are typically no cause for alarm. In fact, remembering less in later years is rarely a sign of Alzheimer's or any other scary memory-loss condition. It's just a part of normal aging. On her hunt for answers, Lear explores why names are the first things to go and what can be done about it, why we forget certain things on purpose, why we forget more than our parents did and in which cases our brains are actually doing us a favor by letting go of certain knowledge. Weaving together insight from psychologists, neuroscientists, and evolutionary biologists with rich and often hilarious anecdotes, Lear offers reassurance and hope to the millions of forgetful baby boomers.--From publisher description.

Indexed by:

Bklst 02/01/2008*.
PW 11/12/2007.

ISBN:

0446580597
9780446580595

LCCN:

2007027358

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

NNPA983 -- Fertile Public Library (Fertile)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni) — 155.6 LE

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)