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Building Resistance to Stress and Aging

The Toughness Model
By:R. Dienstbier
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349498031
eText ISBN:9781137454850
Edition:0
Copyright:2015
Format:Reflowable

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The toughness model proposed in this book incorporates psychological research and neuroscience to explain how a variety of toughening activities - ranging from confronting mental and physical challenges to meditation - sustain our brains and bodies, and ultimately build our mental and psychological capacities degenerated by stress and by aging.