No more brain drain proven ways to maintain your mind and memories

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Corporate Author: Reader's Digest Association
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Quiz: do you have brain drain?
  • Yes, you can change your brain. Part one. Your amazing brain. Your smart parts: a brief tour
  • How memory and learning work
  • How wisdom, creativity & intelligence work
  • How your brain ages. Part two. Six vaccines against brain drain. Vaccine #1 diet
  • Vaccine #2 exercise
  • Vaccine #3 drugs
  • Vaccine #4 social connections
  • Vaccine #5 learning
  • Vaccine #6 sleep. Part three. Six brains drains and how to plug them. Drain #1 stess and anxiety
  • Drain #2 depression
  • Drain #3 visceral fat
  • Drain #4 environment
  • Drain #5 medical causes
  • Drain #6 Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Part four. Your brain fitness program. Increase your brain power in minutes a day
  • Improve your attention and focus
  • Improve your memory
  • Improve your processing speed
  • Improve your verbal skills
  • Improve your number skills
  • Improve your reasoning skills. Part five. Resources. The 10-day jump-start plan
  • Healthy brain recipes.