This author combines a whimsical fascination with puzzles and brain teasers with a profound interest in the human mind. His writings delve into the intricacies of cognition and behavior, drawing from his background as a neuroscientist and founding editor of specialized publications. The author's works offer readers an engaging exploration into the workings of the mind, avoiding the mundane to provide intellectual stimulation. His approach is both analytical and accessible, inviting readers to understand complex concepts.
A crossword puzzle devotee's bonanza: a personal three-month mind-training program, with 182 performance tips and puzzles to increase memory, math, and language dexterity.
Crosswords, word searches, trivia, logic and numerical games—these teasers are all designed to inspire and stimulate the mind.ACTIVATE your thinking muscles. It’s too easy just to turn on the TV and let the images of the day wash over us, leaving brain cells unchallenged and a bit sad. Keep your brain happy with this mind stretching collection of puzzles. Crosswords, word searches, trivia, logic and numerical games—these teasers are all designed to inspire and stimulate the mind. So turn off the dreaded box and turn to Mind Stretchers—you’ll be entertained, learn new things, wake up your brain and it’s definitely more fun than watching the news.
This revised edition of Building Mental Muscle distills the most recent findings in brain research into accessible mini-reports from the frontlines of cognitive science. With the aid of fun exercises and self-tests designed to stimulate cells in different areas of brain function, the authors introduce readers to six "intelligence zones"overlapping areas of cognitive skills: executive/social, memory, emotional, language, math, and spatial. By understanding how the brain works, you will be on your way to learning: Simple lifestyle changes to boost neuron development and improve memory. Ways to change mood without drugs or therapy. The differences in how male and female brains process information. How brains respond to stress, solve problems, recognize faces, and handle fear. Techniques for reversing the decline of cognitive skills as you age. So, don't feel you're stuck with the brain you were issued. Build for the future by building mental muscle.
Photos of old household utensils designed for task that are no longer needed. "You well give the right hemisphere of your brain a workout by trying to identify the function of these household implements"--Foreword.
One hundred and four left-brain, neuron-enhancing exercises to build confidence and positive attitude, plus eighty-seven tips to strengthen job performance skills.
Drawing from the most recent neurological research, this guide translates these findings into techniques, exercises, and self-tests that are designed to stimulate learning and memory retention skills from infancy to old age. Practical insights into the way the brain develops are provided, including what newborns respond to and what a child can understand when-with specific references to the "Mozart Effect" controversy and self-consciousness in the terrible twos. Explained are such hot topics as why studying before sleep uses dreaming to file facts away, how to memorize a fact by using powers of imagination, and what to eat to keep brains alert after lunch.Author Biography: Allen D. Bragdon is the founding editor of Games magazine and the coauthor of Brains That Work a Little Bit Differently, and Use It or Lose It! He lives in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. David Gamon, Ph.D., is the coauthor of Building Mental Muscle and Building Left Brain Power. He lives in Oakland, California.
Drawing from the most recent neurological research, this guide translates these findings into techniques, exercises, and self-tests that are designed to stimulate learning and memory retention skills from infancy to old age. Practical insights into the way the brain develops are provided, including what newborns respond to and what a child can understand in the terrible twos. Photos.
Otherwise inaccessible results of current brain research are revealed in this book, making it possible for a layperson to use these valuable findings in the real world in order to refresh diminishing memory skills. Interactive instruments -- puzzles, games, and self-tests -- based on current cognitive research stimulate and renew a wide range of mental abilities, from math to map reading. This book shows how the gradual toll aging exacts on cognitive skills can be slowed down and even reversed, just as aerobic condition and muscle mass can be rebuilt.
90-dniowy program treningowy, który sprawia ćwiczącym przyjemność! Do tego 92 fachowe wskazówki pozwalające poprawić codzienne życie.Rozwijające łamigłówki dotyczą konkretnych zdolności, które pozwolą ci znaleźć lepszą pracę i prowadzić ciekawe życie: planowania wykonawczego, budowania słownictwa, pamięci, liczenia, konstrukcji wizualnej i zdolności społeczno-emocjonalnych. Zawarte w tej książce świetnie rozplanowane i posegregowane ćwiczenia pozwalają wzmacniać struktury mózgu odpowiedzialne za: krótko- i długotrwałą pamięć, planowanie wykonawcze, przyswajanie wiedzy, rozwiązywanie w myślach zadań matematycznych, przypominanie sobie słów oraz nowych imion i twarzy. Niezależnie od twojego wieku, te ćwiczenia mogą zwiększyć sprawność twojego mózgu, tak abyś zawsze mógł na nim polegać.
