Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's PerformancePenguin, 2009 - 275 páginas In Think Smart, the renowned neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Richard Restak details how each of us can improve and tone our body's most powerful organ: the brain. As a renowned expert on the brain, Restak knows that in the last five years there have been exciting new scientific discoveries about the brain and its performance. So he's asked his colleagues-many of them the world's leading brain scientists and researchers-one important question: What can I do to help my brain work more efficiently? Their surprising-and remarkably feasible-answers are at the heart of Think Smart. Restak combines advice culled from cutting-edge research with brain-tuning exercises to show how individuals of any age can make their brain work more effectively. |
Conteúdo
Introduction | 1 |
Part | 23 |
Specific Steps for Enhancing Your Brains Performance | 63 |
Impediments to Optimal Brain Function | 197 |
Epilogue | 237 |
Acknowledgments | 255 |
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