Парадокс мудрости. Научное опровержение «старческого слабоумия». Революционный взгляд на мышление человека

Cognitive aging: F. Craik & T. Salthouse, Eds. (2000). The Handbook of Aging and Cognition (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; D. С Park & N. Schwartz, Eds. (2000). Cognitive Aging: A Primer. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Prefrontal cortex: Goldberg, E. (2001; paperback 2002). The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.

Aged individuals’ performance in real-life situations: Park, D, & Gutchess. A. (2000). Cognitive aging and everyday life. In D. C. Park & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Cognitive Aging: A Primer. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Cognitive expertise in aging: Raz, N. (2000). Aging of the brain and its impact on cognitive performance: integration of structural and functional findings. In F. Craik & T. Salthouse (Eds.), The Handbook of Aging and Cognition (2nd ed., p. 47). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

      ​ 3. Старение и великие умы в истории

Goethe’s Faust: Goethe, J. W. v. (1994). Faust. Parts 1 and 2. New York: Continuum.

Gaudi: Constantino, M. (1993). Gaudi. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc.

Grandma Moses: Nikola-Lisa, W. (2000). The Year with Grandma Moses (1st ed.). New York: Henry Holt.

Wiener’s writings: Wiener, N. (1948). Cybernetics. New York: J. Wiley; Wiener, N. (1964). God and Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion.

Cambridge: MIT Press.

Chillida: Ezquiaga, M. (2001). Museo Chillida-Leku (2nd ed.): Chillida-Leku S. L.; Weber, S., Hammacher, A. M., Trier, E., & de Baranano, K. (2002). Chillida. Keunzelsau: Swiridoff.

Much of the discussion about Willem de Kooning is based on works by Sally Yard and Edvard Lieber: Yard, S. (1997). Willem de Kooning. New York: Rizzoli; Lieber, E. (2000). Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio. New York: Abrams.

Hyden Herrera’s account: Yard, S. (1997). Willem de Kooning. New York: Rizzoli.

«A finished painting is a reminder of what not to do tomorrow»: Quoted after Lieber: Lieber, E. (2000). Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio. New York: Abrams.

«I’m back to a full palette with off-toned colors. Before it was about knowing what I didn’t know. Now, it’s about not knowing what I know»:

Quoted after Lieber: Ibid.

«Style is a fraud… To desire to make a style is an apology for one’s anxiety»: Quoted after Yard: Yard, S. (1997). Willem de Kooning. New York: Rizzoli.

«’The rhythms are more deliberate, meditated even, and the space more open… a new order prevails, a new calm… de Kooning has purified his stroke, and what had been quintessentially sensuous is rendered immaterial, ethereal, a veiled tracing of its physical origins’, wrote David Rosand.»: Ibid p. 104.

«’de Kooning, who has never strayed far from nature for long, is closer to it now than ever,’ wrote Vivien Raynor.»: Raynor, V. (June 13, 2002). The New York Times, p. A18.

Plato on wisdom: Plato (2000). The Republic. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. Quoted after Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Rathunde, K. (1990). The psychology of wisdom: an evolutionary interpretation. In: R. Sternberg (Ed.) Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development,

(pp. 25-51). New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 33.

Newton’s, Kant’s, and Faraday’s memory loss with age: Sacks, O. (2003). Personal communication to E. Goldberg.

Shannon’s Alzheimer’s disease: Johnson, G. (February 27, 2001). Mathematician dies at 84. The New York Times.

Reagan’s familial risk factors: Altman, L. K. (June 15, 2004). A recollection of early questions about Reagan’s health. The New York Times, pp. F5, 10.

Hitler’s Parkinson’s disease: Irving, D. (1983). The Secret Diaries of Hitler’s Doctor. New York: William Morrow.

Parkinson’s disease and dementia: Aarsland, D., Andersen, K, Larsen, J. P. Lolk, A., & Kragh-Sorensen, P. (2003). Prevalence and characteristics of dementia in Parkinson disease: an 8-year prospective study. Archives of Neurol, 60(3), 387-392.

Hitler’s mental condition: Speer, A. (1981). Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs. New York: Collier Books.

Hitler’s and Stalin’s memory decline: Neumayr, A. (1995). Dictators in the Mirror of Medicine. Medi-Ed Press.