ACC (anterior cingulate cortex), 52
Ackerman, Diane, 154
action plan
age imperative, 180, 182 (table)
author’s test run with “Miami cabinet,” 161–187
if you are healthy and happy, 159
if you are stuck, 159–160
if you need help, 160
in ninth stage, 160
active geropause, 118
Advanced Style project, 64
age culture, 150–151, 159–160, 176–180, 194
age culture grid, 177–180, 177 (table), 179 (table)
age imperative action plan, 180, 182 (table)
age imperatives, 176, 180, 181 (table), 182–183
age point grid, 169–175
constructing yours, 175
examples, 170–173 (table), 175 (table)
description of, 78–79
events of, 79–80
examples, 170–173
geropause trigger, 117
navigating, 87–90
ninth stage and, 84
reckoning stage, 79, 81, 87–89, 101, 174
resolution stage, 79, 81–82, 89–90, 101, 172, 174
reviewing, 169–175
suspension stage, 79, 80, 85–86, 88, 101, 174
what they give us, 83–87
age wave, 6
Agewise (Gullette), 178
aging
cellular, 10
justification of, 26
Alzheimer’s disease, 78
art therapy and, 65
author’s experiences with patients, 36–39, 84–87, 99, 170
deterioration of brain tissue in, 45–46
eventual cure for, 192
Hilda Gorenstein (Hilgos) and, 65
prevalence of, 9
suicide in face of diagnosis, 20
ambition, 48
amygdala, 56–57
amylotrophic lateral sclerosis, 192
Anderson, Ellis, 93–95
andropause, 116
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), 52
approach of death, 48
Aristotle, 104
art therapy, 65
artificial intelligence, 11
artistic pursuits, in age imperatives, 183
assisted suicide, 21
Attitudes Toward Older People Scale, 34
Baltes, Margret, 132–133
Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging, 34
Bandura, Albert, 122
A Beautiful Mind (film), 45
behavior, improvement with aging, 47
beliefs, questioning our, 81
Benedict XVI, Pope, 30
Berlin wisdom paradigm, 49
beta-amyloid protein, 87
Bible, 30
biotechnology, 11
Blackstar (album), 185
Blood Memory (Graham), 141
Blue Zones, 3
Bowie, David, 185
brain
changes in abilities of, 46–48
compensation-related utilization of neural circuits (CRUNCH), 52, 56, 64
hemispheric asymmetry reduction (HAROLD), 52, 56, 64
physical changes with aging, 45
scaffolding theory of aging and cognition (STAC), 52
socialized in given time, place, and culture, 122
stress impact on, 93
brain regions
amygdala, 56–57
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), 52
orbitomedial prefrontal cortex (OMPFC), 56–57
brain scan, 86
bucket list, 183–184
Buddhism, 31–32
Butler, Robert, 73
caloric restriction, 191–192
cancer, 32, 38, 66, 92, 99, 174, 192
Cano, Margarita, 62–63
Carstensen, Laura, 34
Celebrage Festival, 190
Celebration of aging, 161, 187–190
cellular aging, 10
ceremonies to celebrate aging, 161, 187–190
beginning, 188–189
ending, 190
middle, 189
change
barriers to, 176
resistance to, 116
Christianity, 30–31
cognitive changes, 46
cognitive disorders, 9
cognitive reserve, 51
cognitive testing, 86
Cohen, Ari Seth, 64
Cohen, Gene, 63, 111, 133–135, 144, 180, 182
Cohen, Leonard, 185
commitment, suspension of, 80
compensation, 47, 49, 52, 132–133
compensation-related utilization of neural circuits (CRUNCH), 52, 56, 64
confidence, loss of, 122–123
Confucian thought, 31
conscientiousness, 100–101
counterclockwise study of older men, 33–34
The Creative Age (Cohen), 63, 111
creative aging
life affirming, 176
reinventing ourselves, 138–143
renewing ourselves, 135–138, 143
creative aging model, 133–135
benefits to aging, 111, 130, 134, 143, 151
developmental intelligence, 63
difficulty in measuring, 47
divergent thinking and, 63–64
as emerging strength of age, 13, 47, 48, 50, 79, 134, 138, 159
Henri Matisse and, 106
Liz Lerman and, 142–144
purpose and, 143
reinventing yourself and, 160, 165, 194
creator
age imperatives, 181–182 (table)
reserves of wisdom, 163, 164–166 (table), 168 (table)
resilience and, 95–96
in resolution stage of an age point, 89
wisdom, 62–65, 68, 70 (table)
crown of wisdom, 69, 70 (table), 82, 117, 163, 184, 195
CRUNCH (compensation-related utilization of neural circuits), 52, 56, 64
crystallized intelligence, 46
culture, definitions of, 150
culture of age, 148–151
curator
age imperatives, 181–182 (table)
reserves of wisdom, 163, 164–166 (table), 168 (table)
resilience and, 95
in resolution stage of an age point, 89
wisdom, 57–62, 68, 70 (table)
Czaja, Sarah, 124
Dance Exchange, 142
de Hennezel, Marie, 89
death, approach of, 48
decline, ideology of, 98
art therapy for, 65
author’s experiences with patients, 53, 66, 153
Erik Erikson and, 32
future reduction in risk factors for, 192
as tipping point, 35
developmental intelligence, 63
diet, caloric restriction in, 191–192
disease and disability
in “positive aging” concept, 132
in “successful aging” concept, 131–132
disengagement, 88–89
divergent thinking, 63–64
Eight-Decade Study, 100
eighth stage of Erikson’s life cycle theory, 36, 100
Emanuel, Ezekiel, 9, 10, 24–25, 36, 139
emotional problems, as barrier to change, 176
emotional regulation, brain center for, 56
encore phase, in Cohen’s model of human potential, 144, 147
Erikson, Erik, 32, 35–36, 60, 100, 103, 144
Erikson, Joan, 35–36
estrogen, 116
eudaimonia, 104
event stage of an age point, 79–80
events, in age point grid, 170–173 (table), 175 (table)
evolutionary theory of aging, 27
failure, 48
faith, crisis of, 81
fatalism, 98
fear responses, amygdala and, 56–57
The Fifth Diamond (Zisblatt), 59
flourishing, 133
fluid intelligence, 46
Frameworks (Weinberg), 17
Frances, Pope, 31
Frankl, Victor, 103
friction, 122–124
Friedman, Howard, 100–101
generativity stage, 60
gerodicy, 26
geropause, 116–124
active, 118
age point trigger of, 117
barriers to change, 176
core fears of, 123
description of, 116–117
end of, 129
friction, 122–124
functional, 124
inhibited, 118–119
passive, 118
stuck in, 159–160
gerotranscendence, 68
Goldberg, Elkhonon, 55
“good enough parent” concept, 131
Gorenstein, Hilda, 65
Graham, Martha, 138–141
grandmother hypothesis, 28
grandparents as curators, 60
Grant Study of Adult Development, 100
Grossman, Terry, 10
Gullette, Margaret Morganroth, 178
HAROLD (hemispheric asymmetry reduction), 52, 56, 64
hemisphere asymmetry reduction (HAROLD), 52, 56, 64
Hertzog, Christopher, 142
Hibbs, Albert, 191
Hiking the Horizontal (Lerman), 143
Hill, Robert, 132
Hilton, James, 44
Holocaust, 58–59
homeostasis, 94
Honor Flights, 61
How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old (Agronin), 7
Hrostowski, Susan, 94–95
Huebner, Berna, 65
human personality, as a congress of many, 149–150
human potential phases, 144
Humphrey, Derek, 19
Hurricane Katrina, 92–97
identity, fluidity of one’s, 32
inhibited geropause, 118–119
insight, 48
intelligence
crystallized, 46
developmental, 63
fluid, 46
intuitive supporters, 57
Islam, 31
James, William, 148
Jeste, Dilip, 43–45
Jones, Susannah Mushatt, 3
Judaism, 29–30
judgment
lessons learned that enhance, 48
suspension of, 80
justification of aging, 26
Kahn, Robert, 131
keepers of meaning, 28
Kurzweil, Ray, 10
Labouvie-Vief, Gisela, 55
Langer, Ellen, 33–34
in age culture grid, 177, 177 (table), 179 (table), 186
examples of creation of, 185
motivation of desire for, 48, 62, 128
Leibniz, Gottfried, 26
Lerman, Liz, 142–144
lessons learned that enhance judgment, 48
Levy, Becca, 33
liberation phase, in Cohen’s model of human potential, 144
life span extension, 10–11, 191–192
limitations, acceptance of, 83
Lokon, Elizabeth, 183
Lost Horizon (Hilton), 44
Luhrmann, Tanya, 27–28
March of the Living, 57–58
Martin, Leslie, 100–101
Maslow, Abraham, 103
Matisse, Henri, 106, 136–139, 157, 178
matriarch, 166
meditation, 67
Melville, Herman, 148–149
memory
in superagers, 52
memory decline, 46
menopause, 116
“Miami cabinet,” author’s, 161–187
David, 162–165, 165 (table)
Jim, 163, 173–174, 175 (table)
Judy, 161–162, 170–172, 171–173 (table)
Ken, 162, 178–180, 179 (table)
Norma, 163, 167–169, 168 (table)
Sydell, 162, 165–166, 166 (table), 185–186
Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, 34, 102, 104
midlife reevaluation phase, in Cohen’s model of human potential, 144
morale, strengthened by creativity, 134
Morano, Emma, 3
motivation
aging itself as, 35
of desire for legacy, 48, 62, 128
loss of, 118
motivational reserve, 64
multitasking, 46
Murray, Henry A., 148–150
Myerhoff, Barbara, 187
nanotechnology, 11
Nash, John, 45
National Grandparents Day, 187–188
natural selection, 27
negative attitudes, 176
neurocognitive disorders, 9, 45–46
neuroplasticity, 49
Newmar, Julie, 141–142
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), 104
ninth stage of Erikson’s life cycle theory
action plan in, 160
age points and, 84
author’s description of patients in, 36–37
creators in, 65, 70 (table)
curators in, 61, 70 (table)
description of, 35–36
examples of, 167
purpose in, 105
reinvention in, 176
sage in, 57, 70 (table)
savant in, 53, 70 (table)
seer in, 68, 70 (table)
successful aging concept and, 132
thriving in, 151–154
Okawa, Misao, 3
OMPFC (orbitomedial prefrontal cortex), 56–57
Open Minds through Art (OMA) program, 183
optimism, 44
optimization of abilities through rehearsal or exercise, 132–133
orbitomedial prefrontal cortex (OMPFC), 56–57
pain, 91, 97–98, 100, 106–107, 135–136
paradoxes of old age, 6–7
Park, Denise, 52
Parkinson’s disease, 152–153
passive geropause, 118
pattern recognition, 55
performance
on cognitive tests, 47
PET scan, 87
phenomenology, 80
physical health, improved by creativity, 134
physical problems, as barrier to change, 176
Pirke Avot, 29–30
“positive aging” concept, 132
positivity, 33–35
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 94
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), 94
purpose, 33–35
creativity and, 143
as emerging strength of age, 13, 33–35, 50, 159
examining your resilience, 160
highlighted by an age point review, 169, 175
power of, 101–106
as product and tool in aging, 105
as protective, 105
rejuvenation from newfound, 37
quaking aspen trees, 26
quest energy, 144
re-aging, 161
reckoning stage of an age point, 79, 81, 87–89, 101, 174
regression, 82
Rehner, Timothy, 94–95
Rehoboam, 31
reinvention
in ninth stage, 176
of ourselves, 114–115, 135, 138–143, 154, 194
relationships, enhanced by creativity, 134
relics, 68
renewal, 134–138, 143, 176, 180, 194
reproductive success, 27–28
reserves
cognitive, 51
compensation by drawing on, 47
motivational, 64
of wisdom in ninth stage, 40, 50
based on wisdom, 95–96
description of, 94
as emerging strength of aging, 44, 50, 79, 194
purpose exercised in, 101
of survivors, 94–96
resistance, 82
resisting change, 116
resolution stage of an age point, 79, 81–82, 89–90, 101, 172, 174
resources, lack of, 176
Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia, 52
Richmond, Lewis, 31–32
rituals to celebrate aging, 161, 187–190
Rogers, Carl, 103
Rowe, John, 131
Rubinstein, Arthur, 133
Russell, Kent, 9–10
Ryff, Carol, 102–105
sage
age imperatives, 181–182 (table)
in reckoning stage of an age point, 82
reserves of wisdom, 163, 164–166 (table), 168 (table)
in resolution stage of an age point, 89
wisdom, 54–57, 68, 70 (table)
savant
age imperatives, 181–182 (table)
in reckoning stage of an age point, 82
reserves of wisdom, 163, 164–166 (table), 168 (table)
resilience and, 95
in resolution stage of an age point, 89
wisdom, 50–53, 68, 70 (table)
scaffolding theory of aging and cognition (STAC), 52
Schiff, Solomon, 28–31
schizophrenia, 41–45
seer
age imperatives, 181–182 (table)
reserves of wisdom, 163, 164–166 (table), 168 (table)
in resolution stage of an age point, 83, 89–90
wisdom, 65–69, 70 (table)
selection among pursuits, 132–133
self-gratification, 69
Sherman, Andrea, 188
short-term memory, 36, 53, 86, 145
silver tsunami, 6
Simchat Chochmah ceremony, 190
SOC model of aging, 132
social supports, 37
socioemotional selectivity theory, 34
spirituality, 66–67
stages of life, in Erikson’s life cycle theory, 35–36
stagnant quo, 114–116
stereotype embodiment theory, 33
strengths of age/aging
development of, 39, 44–45, 193
difficulty in measuring, 47
Erikson’s life cycle theory and, 35
five core strengths, 48
coping with a portfolio of strengths, 100
impact on brain and body, 92–93
in the moment, 99
resilience and, 94–97
survival in the face of, 98
“successful aging” concept, 131
summing-up phase, in Cohen’s model of human potential, 144
survival, aging and, 26–28
suspension stage of an age point, 79, 80, 85–86, 88, 101, 174
Taylor, Eugene, 148
technology, struggle with new, 123–124
tenth stage, legacy as, 186
testosterone, 116
Teubal, Savina, 190
theodicy, 26
thinking
divergent, 63–64
improvement with aging, 47
thriving, 133
in ninth stage, 151–154
why thrive?, 116, 128, 130, 193
Torah, 29
Tornstam, Lars, 68
Transitional Keys (Sherman and Weiner), 188
Turritopsis dohrnii, 26
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 124
van Andel-Schipper, Hendrikje, 2–3, 6
veneration of aging, 193–195
Walford, Roy, 191–192
The Weight of Glory (Lewis), 131
Weinberg, Matis, 17
Weiner, Marsha, 188
well-being, Ryff model of, 102, 104
Wenski, Thomas, 30–31
why age?, question of, 25–39, 69, 102, 193
positivity and purpose, 33–35
survival, 26–28
wisdom, 28–33
why survive?, question of, 78, 92, 98, 102, 106, 193
Why Survive? Being Old in America (Butler), 73
why thrive?, question of, 116, 128, 130, 193
Winnicott, D. W., 131
wisdom, 28–33
in action, 96
antiwisdom, 69
crown of wisdom, 49–50, 69, 70 (table), 82, 117, 163, 184, 195
defined, 49
difficulty in measuring, 47
as emerging strength of aging, 13, 40, 44, 47, 159
as form of mental currency, 194
as gift of aging, 48
resilience based on, 95–96
wisdom charts, 163, 164 (table), 166, 166 (table), 168 (table), 169
wisdom forms, 49–69, 70 (table)
creator, 62–65, 68, 70 (table)
curator, 57–62, 68, 70 (table)
sage, 54–57, 68, 70 (table)
savant, 50–53, 68, 70 (table)
seer, 65–69, 70 (table)
verbs representing mutual interactions with others, 68–69
withdrawal, 4, 42, 119, 122, 130
World War II veterans, 61
Yeats, W. B., 17
You Want It Darker (album), 185
youthist philosophy, 115
Zisblatt, Irene Weisberg, 57–62
Zumba, 153–154