Download or read book Building Resistance to Stress and Aging written by R. Dienstbier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.