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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.

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.

One hundred and four left-brain, neuron-enhancing exercises to build confidence and positive attitude, plus eighty-seven tips to strengthen job performance skills.

Kniha kombinuje poznatky neuropsychologie o tom, co se v průběhu života (zejména stárnutí) děje s naším mozkem, s testy a technikami ukazujícími, jak si až do stáří zachovat přesně pracující mysl. Autoři radí, co dělat, když se objeví známky poškození paměti. Čtenáři se také dozvědí, které problémy paměti a myšlení jsou běžné a není třeba se jimi znepokojovat. Kniha přístupnou formou přináší nejnovější výzkumná zjištění a je odlehčená hrami a hádankami.

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.

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.

Mozek sice není sval, ale přesto pro něj platí, že se jeho výkonnost posiluje cvičením. Autor kombinuje řadu nových informací o funkci mozku, o myšlení a řešení problémů se zábavnými cvičeními, úlohami a hrami, které zároveň umožňují teoretické poznatky vyzkoušet v praxi. Nejen že se dozvíte, jak funkce svého mozku lépe využívat, ale máte příležitost důkladně mozek a myšlení procvičit a tak rozvíjet a zvyšovat své jazykové, matematické, sociální, emoční, vizuální a další dovednosti.

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.