No more brain drain
Subtitle: proven ways to maintain your mind and memories
By: Reader's Digest
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association; The Reader's Digest Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pleasantville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781606529867
Subjects: Problems, exercises; Brain agility; Physical fitness; Brain; Exercise; Memory; Mental Processes; Intellect; Alertness; Retention
Description: Scientificly proven ways to keep your mind sharp, explained in a way that everyone can understand.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Quiz: do you have brain drain?; title: Yes, you can change your brain. Part one. Your amazing brain. Your smart parts: a brief tour; title: How memory and learning work; title: How wisdom, creativity & intelligence work; title: How your brain ages. Part two. Six vaccines against brain drain. Vaccine #1 diet; title: Vaccine #2 exercise; title: Vaccine #3 drugs; title: Vaccine #4 social connections; title: Vaccine #5 learning; title: Vaccine #6 sleep. Part three. Six brains drains and how to plug them. Drain #1 stess and anxiety; title: Drain #2 depression; title: Drain #3 visceral fat; title: Drain #4 environment; title: Drain #5 medical causes; title: Drain #6 Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Part four. Your brain fitness program. Increase your brain power in minutes a day; title: Improve your attention and focus; title: Improve your memory; title: Improve your processing speed; title: Improve your verbal skills; title: Improve your number skills; title: Improve your reasoning skills. Part five. Resources. The 10-day jump-start plan; title: Healthy brain recipes.