Zusatztext '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). Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Learn to: Improve both your long-term and short-term memory Increase your creativity and develop a positive mindset Make brain-friendly diet and lifestyle choices Maximise your mental fitness with puzzles and exercises Put your brain through its paces and achieve first-rate mental agility The brain is your body's most important muscle and, with regular exercise, you can improve its performance and strengthen it against age-related deterioration. This guide offers everything you need to know to keep your brain and memory in tip-top shape, whether it's by choosing the right foods or playing the piano. From puzzles and exercises to the best day-to-day habits and long-term mental fitness techniques, this book enables you to boost your mental agility and reduce memory loss. So shake off those cobwebs and get your brain fighting-fit in no time! Start as you mean to go on ? get to grips with the basics of brain training and discover how to make it work for you Keep your mind razor sharp ? improve your memory and banish that pesky 'tip-of-the-tongue' phenomenon Have happy thoughts ? follow expert advice on how to keep your mind happy and healthy Start afresh ? adapt to new brain-friendly diet and lifestyle choices Let the games begin ? get stuck into a compendium of brain games, exercises and puzzles Open the book and find: The facts behind the fiction Mental fitness exercises for children and the over-50s Ways to memorise your shopping list, put names to faces, and remember directions How to visualise your success Why socialising is important Techniques for managing stress and anxiety Advice on nutrition and 'brain food' Word searches, sudoku puzzles, and more Zusammenfassung 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(R), keeping one's mind as limber as an Olympic athlete is an international obsession. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 20...

'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).

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

Learn to:

• Improve both your long-term and short-term memory
• Increase your creativity and develop a positive mindset
• Make brain-friendly diet and lifestyle choices

• Maximise your mental fitness with puzzles and exercises Put your brain through its paces and achieve first-rate mental agility The brain is your body's most important muscle and, with regular exercise, you can improve its performance and strengthen it against age-related deterioration. This guide offers everything you need to know to keep your brain and memory in tip-top shape, whether it's by choosing the right foods or playing the piano. From puzzles and exercises to the best day-to-day habits and long-term mental fitness techniques, this book enables you to boost your mental agility and reduce memory loss. So shake off those cobwebs and get your brain fighting-fit in no time!

• Start as you mean to go on ? get to grips with the basics of brain training and discover how to make it work for you
• Keep your mind razor sharp ? improve your memory and banish that pesky 'tip-of-the-tongue' phenomenon
• Have happy thoughts ? follow expert advice on how to keep your mind happy and healthy
• Start afresh ? adapt to new brain-friendly diet and lifestyle choices

• Let the games begin ? get stuck into a compendium of brain games, exercises and puzzles Open the book and find:

• The facts behind the fiction
• Mental fitness exercises for children and the over-50s
• Ways to memorise your shopping list, put names to faces, and remember directions
• How to visualise your success
• Why socialising is important
• Techniques for managing stress and anxiety
• Advice on nutrition and 'brain food'

• Word searches, sudoku puzzles, and more

  Zusammenfassung
  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(R), keeping one's mind as limber as an Olympic athlete is an international obsession.

  Inhalt

  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