false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177627101m/721609.jpg 721609 6 A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance. In SPARK, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), SPARK is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run---or, for that matter, simply the way you think 376155 2007 Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain total:181|5:70|4:65|3:36|2:10|1:0| 181 738 378 83 5 2 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 21:07:47 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 14 20:49:16 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 21:46:10 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 17:59:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 14:23:27 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 16:52:11 -0800 2008
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