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How much influence do brains have in controlling their own destiny during aging? On the one hand, brains can predict the negative sides of the fate of aging with more dementia, more illness, and more social problems over the years and decades ahead. Or, on the other hand, brains can develop a more positive point of view after learning the facts about their potential and applying these in creating a more optimistic path toward the process of attaining old age.
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Diamond, M.C. (1990). An Optimistic View of the Aging Brain. In: Goldstein, A.L. (eds) Biomedical Advances in Aging. GWUMC Department of Biochemistry Annual Spring Symposia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0513-2_43
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