Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness

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Workman Publishing, Mar 25, 2014 - Self-Help - 204 pages

Over 40? Getting forgetful? Discover the secret of neurobics.
 
Neurobics is a unique brain exercise program that can be done anytime, anywhere. Based on the latest neuroscience, these deceptively simple exercises stimulate brain nutrients to help new brain cells grow. The key to keeping your brain strong and healthy is to break routines and use all five senses in unexpected ways. Offbeat, fun, and easy, these 83 exercises will result in a mind fit to meet any challenge—whether remembering a name, learning a new app, or staying creative in your work.
 

 

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Contents

Contents Foreword
Preface
The New Science of Brain Exercise
How the Brain Works
How Neurobics Works
Starting and Ending the
Commuting
At Work
12
CHAPTER 7 At the Market
30
At Mealtimes
42
At Leisure
61
Endnotes
17
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Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and ...
Lawrence Katz
Limited preview - 2014
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Lawrence Katz
Limited preview - 1999
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Lawrence Katz,Manning Rubin
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About the author (2014)

Dr. Lawrence Katz was a professor of neurobiology and researcher at Duke University Medical Center. He lived in Durham, North Carolina.
Manning Rubin, a former Creative Director at J. Walter Thompson and Senior Creative Supervisor at K2Digital, Inc. is now at work on several new books. He lives in Pawlet, VT.
Gary Small, M.D., is director of the UCLA Longevity Center. Named one of the world’s leading innovators in science and technology by Scientific American, he appears frequently on Today, Good Morning America, PBS, and CNN. He is also author of the bestselling The Memory Bible.

Bibliographic information

TitleKeep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness
AuthorsLawrence Katz, Manning Rubin
ContributorGary Small
Editionunabridged
PublisherWorkman Publishing, 2014
ISBN0761181326, 9780761181323
Length204 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Games & Activities / Activity Books
Games & Activities / Logic & Brain Teasers
Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Nervous System (incl. Brain)
Self-Help / Personal Growth / Memory Improvement
  
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