A Better Brain at Any Age
The Holistic Way to Improve Your Memory, Reduce Stress, and Sharpen Your Wits
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
“A friendly, wide-ranging tip sheet for understanding and maintaining the human brain, with exercises . . . that consciously incorporate all of the senses.” —Publishers Weekly
Health and science writer Sondra Kornblatt, along with the numerous experts she’s interviewed in A Better Brain at Any Age, can help you put your head on straight through healthy activities for the body and stimulating exercises to boost brain power. Improving your exercise, consuming healthy food, and practicing simple movements can do wonders for your mental and physical health.
In A Better Brain at Any Age, Kornblatt will teach you how to reduce stress and optimize mental agility. Learn how the brain interacts with the body, what habits impact the brain positively and negatively, and how to maximize learning. In this book, Kornblatt provides tips to strengthen memory, cognition, and creativity so you can function better in your active life.
A Better Brain at Any Age offers a complete plan for improving brain health in an engaging and accessible way. In this book, you will find:More than one hundred extensively researched ideas to improve your memory and mental agility, boost your creativity and overall brain power, and avoid brain overloadLively and informative explanations on brain plasticity and how the mind and body work togetherQuick and helpful tips that you can dip into during short breaks or read through cover-to-cover
“Delightfully written and chock full of fun, exercises, and bite-size chunks of wisdom that are easy to digest . . . [an] impressive jamboree of scientific research and breakthrough ideas from the major thought visionaries of today.” —Ragini Michaels, owner of Facticity Trainings, Inc.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Health and science writer Kornblatt (365 Energy Boosters) has put together a friendly, wide-ranging tip sheet for understanding and maintaining the human brain, with exercises-lots of exercises (called "brain boosters"). Encouraging readers to "explore boosters that intrigue you" rather than trying to employ them all, Kornblatt covers a lot of territory with breezy efficiency, from the latest neurological findings (the adult brain grows between 500 and 1000 neurons each day) to the dangers of "neurotoxicity" (new carpets can cause symptoms from rashes to seizures) to an overview of Gardner's multiple intelligences. Along with cognitive behavioral techniques (journaling, reframing, getting a lot of laughs, switching off negative thoughts), Kornblatt suggests various meditations, stretches and "energy medicine" exercises ("Scratch your scalp to bring blood flow to the brain") that consciously incorporate all of the senses. Sections on the importance of social connections, meditation and diet cover some familiar territory, but Kornblatt maintains a game attitude and a lively pace that should keep self-helpers involved.
