Barbara Strauch - The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain [Kindle azw3]

Alluring and uplifting -- New Scientist

There are a lot of brain books out there, and this is one of the best -- Los Angeles Times

Accessible and entertaining ... paints a radically new picture of the brain -- Scientific American

Barbara Strauch's book will have you dancing in the streets with delight. She argues that on a range of cognitive skills, the middle-aged brain (roughly aged 40-68) outperforms all other age groups.


Barbara Strauch is health and medical science editor and a deputy science editor at The New York Times. She previously covered science and medical issues in Boston and Houston and directed Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism at Newsday. The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain is a New York Times bestseller.