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The Aging Brain

Lawrence Whalley

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Paper, 192 pages, 10 line drawings
ISBN: 978-0-231-12025-8
$26.00 / £18.00

October, 2001
Cloth, 192 pages, 10 line drawings
ISBN: 978-0-231-12024-1
$75.50 / £52.00

"Refreshing. . . clearly and cleverly written." — Booklist

"Straightforward. . . . A readable academic volume." — New York Review of Books

"Clearly and cleverly written for easy reading. A good basic reader that can catapult the interested reader into more in-depth investigation." — Choice

"Fascinating....[Whalley] is able to show that though much of what we take for granted about the mental processes of the older person is not simple, we may indeed be able to alleviate the effects of mental deterioration." — Science News

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About the Author

Lawrence Whalley is professor of mental health at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He works on the molecular biology of aging, in particular dementia in Alzheimer’s disease.

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