title: Creative aging.
abstract: The terms "creative" and "aging" are antithetical according to dictionary usage-"create" being explicitly described as an active process and "aging" implicitly defined as a passive reactive one. This paper first briefly explores some divergent attitudes toward aging-negative as well as positive. A neurophysiological framework is then presented to support the belief that aging is an active and creative process. Physical, psychological and sociological aspects are explored in the context of neurophysiological data as it relates to the subject of aging. Finally, three factors which emerge from the discussion as essential to assuring a creative aging process are identified and examined.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology; D010553:Personality Development; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000502:physiology; D012380:Role