Tracy Packiam Alloway

Training Your Brain For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mastering the latest fitness craze-keeping your brain healthy at any age Judging from the worldwide popularity of the brain game, Nintendo DS, and such mind-bending puzzles as SuDoku and KenKen®, keeping one's mind as limber as an Olympic athlete is an international obsession. With forecasters predicting over a million people with dementia by 2025, today's young and senior population have a vested interest in keeping their grey matter in the pink for as long as possible. Training Your Brain For Dummies is an indispensable guide to every aspect of brain fitness-and keeping your mind as sharp, agile, and creative for as long as you can. Whether you want to hone your memory, manage stress and anxiety, or simply eat brain healthy food, this guide will help you build brain health into your everyday life. * Includes verbal, numerical and memory games, brain games to play on the move, tips on the best day-to-day habits, and long-term mental fitness techniques * Offers ten key brain training basics, tips on brain training through one's lifetime, and improving long- and short-term memory * Includes advice on improving creativity, developing a positive mindset, and reaping the rewards of peace and quiet With tips on mind/body fitness, Training Your Brain For Dummies is a must-have guide for anyone, at any age, for keeping one's mind-and quality of life-in peak condition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470975411
• Artikelnr.: 37301295

Autorenporträt

Dr Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD is the Director of the Centre for Memory and Learning in the Lifespan at the University of Stirling. Her research has been featured in newspapers including The Guardian and The Daily Mail, as well as on BBC Radio, Sky News, and ABC News. She has also written over 75 scientific articles and books about memory and learning. Tracy was the winner of the 2009 Joseph Lister Science Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Part I: Brain Training Basics 7 Chapter 1: Introducing Brain Training 9 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Brain 15 Chapter 3: Brain Training for Your Needs 29 Part II: Remember, Remember Keeping Your Memory Sharp 39 Chapter 4: Honing Your Long-Term Memory 41 Chapter 5: Improving Your Short-Term Memory 53 Chapter 6: Improving Your Language Skills 67 Chapter 7: Recognising Faces and Remembering Directions 75 Part III: Fostering a Happy, Healthy Mind 87 Chapter 8: Improving Your Creativity 89 Chapter 9: Developing a Positive Mindset 101 Chapter 10: Reaping the Rewards of Peace and Quiet 113 Chapter 11: Keeping Your Brain Sociable 123 Part IV: Getting Physical: Looking at Brain-Friendly Diet and Lifestyle 133 Chapter 12: Feeding the Brain 135 Chapter 13: Looking at Stimulants: Drugs and Caffeine 147 Chapter 14: Building Up Mind/Body Fitness 157 Part V: Game On! Brain Training Games to Play at Home 171 Chapter 15: Verbal Brain Games 173 Chapter 16: Numerical Brain Games 183 Chapter 17: Logic Games 203 Part VI: The Part of Tens 215 Chapter 18: Ten New Habits to Train Your Brain 217 Chapter 19: Ten Brain Games to Play on the Move 225 Appendix: The Payoff: Checking Your Answers 231 Index 247

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Introduction. Part I: Brain Training Basics. Chapter 1: Introducing Brain
Training. Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Brain. Chapter 3: Brain Training
For Your Needs. Part II: Remember, Remember . . . Keeping Your Memory
Sharp. Chapter 4: Honing Your Long-Term Memory. Chapter 5: Improving Your
Short-Term Memory. Chapter 6: Improving Your Language Skills. Chapter 7:
Recognising Faces and Remembering Directions. Part III: Fostering a Happy,
Healthy Mind. Chapter 8: Improving Your Creativity. Chapter 9: Developinng
a Positive Mindset. Chapter 10: Reaping the Rewards of Peace and Quiet.
Chapter 11: Keeping Your Brain Sociable. Part IV: Getting Physical: Looking
at Brain-Friendly Diet and Lifestyle. Chapter 12: Feeding Your Brain.
Chapter 13: Looking at Stimulants: Drugs and Caffeine. Chapter 14: Building
Up Mind/Body Fitness Part V: Game On! Brain Training Games to Play at Home.
Chapter 15: Verbal Brain Games. Chapter 16: Numerical Brain Games. Chapter
17: Memory Games. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Trying New Things
to Train Your Brain. Chapter 19: Ten Brain Games to Play on the Move.
Appendix. Answers.

Rezensionen

'Be a memory marvel...follow these tips.' (Daily Express, December 2010)

'...covers everything you need to know to keep your mind sharp'. (At Home, May 2011)