Brain Training
Subtitle: Boost memory, maximize mental agility, & awaken your inner genius
Publisher: DK Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780756668716
Subjects: Mental efficiency; Thought and thinking; Psychology; Intellect
Description: Brain Training is an easy-to-digest collection of puzzles and tips to help exercise the brain and keep the cognitive faculties razor-sharp. Multi-disciplinary in approach, the book covers key areas of brain function, including memory, perception, problem-solving, verbal reasoning, and the body (how diet, exercise, meditation and other physical and mental fillips can raise brainpower). The book opens with a "Where are you now?" chapter, introducing the reader to a raft of disparate tests to gauge their current mental agility. Each chapter then concentrates on a specific brain function, beginnin.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 4; Contents 5; Foreword 6; How to use this book 8; Brain power 12; Picture the brain 14; What is intelligence? 16; Looking to learn 18; Where are you at? 20; All about memory 30; How does memory work? 32; Memory testers 34; The Journey Method 36; Expanding visual memory 38; Pegging 40; More memory games 42; Thinking in pictures 48; Seeing is learning 50; Visual teasers 52; Reading maps 56; Mental rotation puzzles 58; Mind Maps 62; Demystifying creativity 66; Don your creative cap 68; Creative treats 70; Creative conundrums 72; Surviving the creative process 74; Doodle art 76.; title: Thinking outside the box 78Matchstick mayhem 80; Original answers 84; More creative conundrums 86; Optical illusions 90; Numerical aptitude 94; Quick-fire arithmetic test 96; Improving numeracy 98; Visual math workout 100; Sudoku 106; Samurai Sudoku 110; Kakuro 112; Logic flies out of the window 114; Gambler's fallacy 116; Unraveling numerical riddles 118; Riddles to try 120; Talk your way to success 124; Quick-fire vocabulary test 126; Language and intelligence 128; A workout with words 130; Reading comprehension 136; Words and pictures 138; Build a story 140; Healthy body, sturdy mind 144.; title: The physical recharge 146Stress factor 148; Exercise the Eastern way 150; T'ai Chi 152; Yoga 154; Sleep and the brain 156; Brain food 158; Final workout 162; Solutions 172; Useful websites 186; Further reading 187; Index 188; Acknowledgments 192.