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9781594487774 English 1594487774 A leading neuroscientist and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal how solving puzzles improves one's brain function. This engaging and informative book gives readers the chance to work puzzles while learning how to boost their brain., This is your brain on puzzles...A leading neuroscientist and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal how solving puzzles improves your brain function. It's no secret that puzzles are fun to solve. But when Dr. Richard Restak, a respected neuroscientist, discovered new research that proved puzzles could actually help the brain improve itself, he wondered: Could puzzles help arrest mental deterioration? And do different types of puzzles enhance different parts of the brain? As Restak was investigating the benefits of puzzles, Scott Kim, a world-renowned puzzle developer, also became fascinated by the potential for puzzles to keep the brain nimble. Now these two experts at the top of their fields have collaborated on an engaging and informative book that gives readers the chance to work puzzles while learning how to boost their brain. For example, readers will find out: "How to solve puzzles for maximum brain improvement. "The benefits of trial and error on your brain. "The different kinds of memory you use to solve puzzles. "The pitfalls that interfere with memory and how to avoid them. Kim's puzzles and Restak's illuminating prose combine to make The Playful Braina lively book of popular science that will sharpen anyone's thinking and memory skills., You're building up your memory.You're thinking shaper.You're creating a healthier brainThis is your brain on puzzles.It's no secret that puzzles-crossword puzzles, logic puzzles, word puzzles-challenge and entertain us. But exciting new research suggests that they've become more than just a fun pastime. Solving different kinds of puzzles can actually help your brain improve itself and-perhaps just as important-ward off mental deterioration.In The Playful Brain, science happily combines with recreation as leading neuroscientist and bestselling author Richard Restak, M.D., and noted puzzle master Scott Kim team up to create a fascinating exploration of how puzzles can change, reshape, and strengthen our brains.Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, The Painful Brain investigates the science behind three key areas of brain development: memory, perception, and cognition. And it gives readers the chance to work the puzzles while learning how they're improving their brain.The result is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises for developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills.PRAISE FOR RICHARD RESTAK AND SCOTT KIM'[Restak is] one of the world's most important scientific thinkers.'- Scientific American'Dr. Restak is an accomplished science writer with a gift for making complex scientific subjects accessible.'- The New York Times'Scott Kim is the Escher of the alphabet.'- Isaac Asimov
9781594487774 English 1594487774 A leading neuroscientist and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal how solving puzzles improves one's brain function. This engaging and informative book gives readers the chance to work puzzles while learning how to boost their brain., This is your brain on puzzles...A leading neuroscientist and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal how solving puzzles improves your brain function. It's no secret that puzzles are fun to solve. But when Dr. Richard Restak, a respected neuroscientist, discovered new research that proved puzzles could actually help the brain improve itself, he wondered: Could puzzles help arrest mental deterioration? And do different types of puzzles enhance different parts of the brain? As Restak was investigating the benefits of puzzles, Scott Kim, a world-renowned puzzle developer, also became fascinated by the potential for puzzles to keep the brain nimble. Now these two experts at the top of their fields have collaborated on an engaging and informative book that gives readers the chance to work puzzles while learning how to boost their brain. For example, readers will find out: "How to solve puzzles for maximum brain improvement. "The benefits of trial and error on your brain. "The different kinds of memory you use to solve puzzles. "The pitfalls that interfere with memory and how to avoid them. Kim's puzzles and Restak's illuminating prose combine to make The Playful Braina lively book of popular science that will sharpen anyone's thinking and memory skills., You're building up your memory.You're thinking shaper.You're creating a healthier brainThis is your brain on puzzles.It's no secret that puzzles-crossword puzzles, logic puzzles, word puzzles-challenge and entertain us. But exciting new research suggests that they've become more than just a fun pastime. Solving different kinds of puzzles can actually help your brain improve itself and-perhaps just as important-ward off mental deterioration.In The Playful Brain, science happily combines with recreation as leading neuroscientist and bestselling author Richard Restak, M.D., and noted puzzle master Scott Kim team up to create a fascinating exploration of how puzzles can change, reshape, and strengthen our brains.Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, The Painful Brain investigates the science behind three key areas of brain development: memory, perception, and cognition. And it gives readers the chance to work the puzzles while learning how they're improving their brain.The result is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises for developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills.PRAISE FOR RICHARD RESTAK AND SCOTT KIM'[Restak is] one of the world's most important scientific thinkers.'- Scientific American'Dr. Restak is an accomplished science writer with a gift for making complex scientific subjects accessible.'- The New York Times'Scott Kim is the Escher of the alphabet.'- Isaac Asimov