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Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness
OVER 40? GETTING FORGETFUL? TROUBLE LEARNING NEW TRICKS?
Introducing Neurobics, a unique brain exercise program based on the latest neuroscience research. These deceptively simple exercises help stimulate the production of nutrients that grow brain cells to keep the brain younger and stronger. Neurobics uses the five senses in unexpected ways and shakes up everyday routine
...morePaperback, 160 pages
Published
November 1st 1998
by Workman Publishing
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I absolutely LOVED the first two chapters of this book. They were incredibly well written, taking a highly scientific, technical subject and translating it into terms that were easy to read. The illustrations throughout the book were spectacular, not necessarily for their artistic technique, but for their ability to further explain the author's topic through creative drawing. Every presentation of fact in this book was well documented and was not misleading. These chapters taught me how my b...more
I really need to write these things down. ;) Anyway, I found it amusing that I do some of these things when I get overwhelmed and begin to get quite forgetful. I have a book on learning Braille, I use my non-dominant hand to shake things up (though I cannot open my door with my left hand. i will just keep re-locking the door ad infinitum. it’s kinda funny actually..) I routinely walk around without my glasses in the dark but I won’t shut my eyes because I pride myself on having better night visi...more
I'm always on the lookout for ways to keep me on my toes. So why not find some exercises for your brain? And what did I find?
Routines are bad.
*sigh* So needless to say, being a very firm believer in routines...I really do need my routines, I was a little distressed. Not too much so, mind you. Breaking routines, apparently, can be easily done. Thankfully. Change up your route to work once in a while...or when you're heading home. Try doing things with your eyes cl...more
Routines are bad.
*sigh* So needless to say, being a very firm believer in routines...I really do need my routines, I was a little distressed. Not too much so, mind you. Breaking routines, apparently, can be easily done. Thankfully. Change up your route to work once in a while...or when you're heading home. Try doing things with your eyes cl...more
This is a quick-read but very interesting and practical. The gist of the book is to improve memory, you need to keep your active and use all of your senses. “Routines can be brain deadening.” Basically, learn to enjoy new experiences, change things around, interact with people and change up routines.
The most startling thing I learned from reading this book is: "Research has shown that watching television literally numbs the mind: The brain is less active during TV-viewing th...more
The most startling thing I learned from reading this book is: "Research has shown that watching television literally numbs the mind: The brain is less active during TV-viewing th...more
This truly is one of the most interesting books I've ever read. The author (an educated, doctor-type person) purports that one of the most effective ways to enrich your memory is to engage more than just one of your senses while experiencing a particular phenomenon. For example, doing more than just looking at the scenery from your air-conditioned car can help you remember the sights of last summer's vacation to the shore: walk barefoot; touch and/or taste the grass beneath your feet; smell th...more
Interesting and simple book to read. I read it to see if I could recommend it to my mom because she likes things that are pro-active. As I've told others about this book, my girls and I have tried some of the suggestions. Both girls have been writing with their left hand! :)
I didn't find anything new in this book. I'm already doing many of the tips they list. Plus they don't list boardgames as a way to keep my brain functioning. I enjoyed the brief anatomy guide in the opening pages of the book.
This is a great book on keeping your mind alive. There are tons of exercises to challenge the way you think. Some simple, some difficult...but all engaging.
Simple daily exercises to boost your brain power!, it can be applied on daily basis and you will feel the difference in your mental thinking!
So far, very interesting, and surprisingly simple: the basic idea is that you need to keep all areas of your brain from atrophying by doing "neurobics", just like you keep your body from atrophying by doing aerobics. This is not done by doing puzzles and games, etc., but by giving yourself unexpected and new experiences within your daily life which engage as many of the senses as possible -- basically mimicking how babies and small children grow their brains by the way they explore the...more
Does a very good job at explaining what happens to our brains as we age and go through our daily lives. It gives good exercises that we can do to keep more of our brain active and working. I like it because I really enjoy neuroscience :) Some of the recommendations aren't realistic, but a good quick read. I got it at the Brain Works exhibit in L.A. this summer.
Quite interesting. The author suggests some interesting activities to help increase mental fitness at the start and end of the day, while commuting, at work, etc.
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