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Leading neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot distills the latest research on the brain and serves up practical, surprising and illuminating advice for warding off neurological decline, improving cognitive function and encouraging smarter thinking day to day.
Author Notes
He is a neuropsychiatrist and clinical professor of neurology at George Washington University Medical Center. Author of the bestselling The Brain, a companion to the PBS series of the same name, as well as The Mind and The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own, he lives in Washington, D.C.
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Library Journal Review
Neuroscientist Restak (Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot) offers readers an insightful, varied prescription for achieving optimal brain health. His clear, concise description of brain development and functioning and neurological processes throughout the brain's maturation process provides a fertile context for his recommendations for improving neurological performance. Restak pulls together the latest brain research, as well as information gathered in conversations with experts in a variety of related fields, and provides ways to support brain health beginning with basic nutrition and dietary choices and physical activity. He then describes mental activities, outlining specific exercises to strengthen various types of brain functionality, such as memory, mental acuity, curiosity, spatial awareness, response time, and creativity. Throughout, the importance of sleep is illustrated. The final section examines ways to overcome nonoptimal brain function, particularly that associated with aging, through tactics such as employing one's abilities, socializing, and reducing stress. His epilog outlines ways to keep your brain actively engaged and to enhance its functionality, encapsulating what he covers throughout the book while including more specifics about diet. Highly recommended for public libraries.-Candice A. Kail, Columbia Univ., New York (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Part 1 Discovering the Brain | p. 3 |
| Part 2 Care and Feeding of the Brain: The Basics | p. 23 |
| Part 3 Specific Steps for Enhancing Your Brain's Performance | p. 63 |
| Part 4 Using Technology to Achieve a More Powerful Brain | p. 149 |
| Part 5 Fashioning the Creative Brain | p. 169 |
| Part 6 Impediments to Optimal Brain Function, and How to Compensate for Them | p. 197 |
| Epilogue: The Twenty-first-Century Brain | p. 237 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 255 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 267 |
