Better than you think: How our brain really ages. Aging, according to the renowned brain researcher and learning expert Martin Korte, is by no means synonymous with physical and mental decline. Middle age and older age are rather human developmental phases with specific characteristics, weaknesses, but also special abilities and strengths that we should recognize and utilize. Based on the latest research, Korte presents the aging processes of the brain. He dispels the myth that thinking and memory abilities primarily diminish with age and shows how we can face aging more decisively, and importantly, early on: Because aging does not begin only with retirement, nor does it follow rigid, unchangeable paths. For example, one’s own expectations also influence cognitive performance in older age.