Building an Ageless Mind: Preventing and Fighting Brain Aging and Disease - Hardcover

by William J. Tippett (Author)

As our population ages and fears about dementia, Alzheimer's, and related brain problems continue to grow, this book will help shed light on how the brain functions, what we can do to prevent the most severe symptoms of aging, and steps we can take to ward off disease.

Author Biography

William J. Tippett, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia where he is the Principal Investigator, Founder and Director of the Brain Research Unit and is also an Associate Member of the Centre for Stroke Recovery with his affiliation held at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON. He is an active researcher and is currently examining how cognitive stimulation programs can alter and change the course of an illness for individual's experiencing dementia related disturbances and stroke related injury. He is an active speaker, who has presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference, the British Columbia's Annual Psychogeriatric Conference, and at Alzheimer's Association International Conference.