 Pair Press presents Brain Rules for Aging Well, Ten Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp, written and read by John Medina. To Sir David Attenborough, role model and mentor at a distance, for the continual reminder that science doesn't make truces with truth. Brain Rule Number One, Be a Friend to Others and Let Others Be a Friend to You. Brain Rule Number Two, Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude. Brain Rule Number Three, Mindfulness Not Only Soothes, But Improves. Brain Rule Number Four, Remember It's Never Too Late to Learn or to Teach. Brain Rule Number Five, Train Your Brain with Video Games. Brain Rule Number Six, Look for Ten Signs Before Asking, Do I Have Alzheimer's? Brain Rule Number Seven, Mind Your Meals and Get Moving. Brain Rule Number Eight, For Clear Thinking, Get Enough, Not Too Much, Sleep. Brain Rule Number Nine, You Can't Live Forever, At Least Not Yet. Brain Rule Number Ten, Never Retire and Be Sure to Reminisce. Introduction. I present in the pages of this book everything you need to know about why you are aging. And I am going to use brain science to show how you can make life a surprisingly fulfilling experience, at least for your brain, in the years you have left. We begin with a group of 70-year-old men in the capable hands of famed Harvard researcher Ellen Langer. Lively, almost childlike, the 70-year-old men skipped out of a monastery one fine morning. They just spent five days living in the old building under observation by Langer. Now the men were leaving for home, smiling, happy, active, laughing. It was the fall of 1981, the first year of Ronald Reagan's administration, and the men had the same sunny abandonment associated with our 40th president who, coincidentally, was exactly their age. But these seniors, as part of Langer's research project, had just been through a time war. Their brains had spent the past work week not in 1981, but in 1959. The monastery was filled with songs like Mac the Knife and The Battle of New Orleans, from the black and white TV, the Boston Celtics beat the Minneapolis Lakers in the finals, yes, Minneapolis Lakers, and Johnny Unitas played for the Baltimore Colts. Issues of Life magazine and the Saturday evening post-layabout. Ruth Handler had persuaded Mattel to create a— Sample complete. Ready to continue?