Richard M. Restak, M.D., is a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and Clinical Professor of Neurology affiliated with the George Washington University Medical Center. He is the author of the bestselling The Brain—a companion to the PBS series of the same name—as well as The Mind, The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own, and The Brain: The Last Frontier. He lives in Washington, D.C..
Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance
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- ISBN-13: 9781594484438
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication date: 02/23/2010
- Pages: 288
- Sales rank: 208,781
- Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)
- Age Range: 18Years
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From a renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author comes a book that shows readers how to improve and tone the brain.
In the last five years, there have been exciting new scientific discoveries about the brain, its function, and its performance. In this fascinating, entertaining book, brain expert Dr. Richard Restak has asked his colleagues-the world's leading brain scientists and researchers-an important question: What can I do to help my brain work more efficiently? Their surprising answers are at the heart of Think Smart. In his characteristically accessible style, Restak explains the latest scientific discoveries about our brain and gives readers strategies on how they can keep their most powerful organ in top condition and fight off its decline.
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As readers of Mozart's Brain and The Fighter Pilot know, Richard Restak's books combine the findings of cutting-edge neuroscientific research and very practical advice. Thus, his Think Smart will not only make you a more interesting dinner companion, it will also enhance your learning ability, memory, and brain health. A fitness guide for the body's most powerful organ.
Library Journal
Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Restak (Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot) presents an accessible analysis of how the human brain works and shares suggestions for improving its function—namely, through the restorative powers of sleep. Drawing on his own clinical research as well as on findings from numerous other sources (which he does not directly cite), Restak translates the highly complex scientific data forming the basis of this material into relevant language that will intrigue both erudite and lay listeners. Arthur Morey's (The Evolution of God) clear, steadily paced narration adds value to this substantial work, which nicely updates Daniel G. Amen's Making a Good Brain Great. [The Riverhead: Penguin hc was "highly recommended for public libraries," LJ 4/15/09.—Ed.]—Dale Farris, Groves, TX
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"An insightful, varied prescription for achieving optimal brain health.... Highly recommended." —Library Journal