Building Mental Muscle: Conditioning Exercises for the Six Intelligence Zones (Brain Waves Books)
Author: David Gamon, Allen D. Bragdon
List Price: $14.95
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ISBN: 0802776698
Publisher: Brainwaves Books (April, 2003)
Sales Rank: 46,941
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Terrific
Terrific read, if you want to know how the brain works, and how to be aware of it to your advantage, ie acheiving near-to or photographic memory, and increasing you math, verbal, and spatial reasoning skills, then i reccomend this book for you.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Flex the cortex
Based around the six "intelligence" zones (social, memory, emotional, language, math & spatial) the book aims to present both background information and exercises for bulking up each of the relevant mental areas above.
With ample information of the neurology of the brain, solid examples to support the information and some rather neat practice exercices, this is a solid example of a boox that does what it says it will.
It's well worth a read and very recommended.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Enlightening and Motivational
I had one main motivation for getting your book. To recapture my learning power! My second motivation was to understand why it needed to be recaptured.Not only did I want to gain back my "Mental Muscle", but I wanted to understand why and how my learning capacity diminished in a few short years. I also wanted to understand preventative measures. And I wanted this information backed by research. So you see, your book was a perfect match.
The book is more entertaining than I anticipated! That has been the biggest surprise- it's fun. The mix of puzzles, exercises, research studies and explanations is like a song with an interesting and varied melody. It never stays in one place long enough to tire of it. Also, the information on how the brain functions (how it can become more/less powerful) was exactly what I wanted to know. Things like how the Hippocampus routes and retrieves data, how stress interferes with memory and how exercise helps the retention of mental function not only enlighten, but serve as positive motivation that the brain can be made strong again. Probably my favorite parts are those that explain the underlying logic needed to work through and solve the exercises. Like in the "Familial Dilemma" exercises.
As you can tell, I feel you have written a fine book and I am excited to see how my learning will be impacted. (bangonrecords.com -Music Production for film and television)
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