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BUILDING
MENTAL MUSCLE
Paperback,
320 pages
$14.95
6 x 9
Brainwaves®,
April 2003
ISBN 0-9164-1080-3
Conditioning exercises
for the six intelligence zones
by David Gamon and Allen D. Bragdon. The
scientific evidence is now irrefutable: When
you keep the problem-solving circuits of
your brain active you improve performance
and help prevent degeneration with age. This
book provides clear explanations of how the
brain operates, neuron-building exercises
and tips on how to solve real-world challenges
more effectively. "Help your memory
last a lifetime by going to the gym today." 76
brain-building puzzles and exercises, 23
revealing self-tests. Foreign editions: China,
Czech Republic, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain and Thailand;
Simon & Schuster, UK.
Over 140,000 copies sold
in the USA alone, plus sales by Quality Paperback
Book Club.
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LEARN
FASTER & REMEMBER MORE
Trade paperback,
320 pages
U.S. $14.95 Canada $22.95
53 illus. and diagrams, Glossary, Index
Brainwaves®,
October 2001
ISBN 0916410-79-X
Your brain LOVES
its job if you keep it busy and in shape
What
children can learn in the
womb • How
to separate healthy aging
from dementia • Tricks
for remembering names and
other career-building data • Straight
talk about nutrition and
pills • What
women know about handling
stress • Recent
findings about critical stages
in a pre-schooler’s
brain development • Physical
and mental exercises that
fire-up learning skills • Three
keys to endowing character
in children and teens • How
pros perfect sports skills
with mind action • What
caffeine, cramming, nicotine
and sleep can and can’t
do for academic skills
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BRAIN
BUILDING GAMES
with WORDS & NUMBERS (mostly)
by
Allen D. Bragdon (Founding Editor of
Games magazine)
& Dr. David Gamon.
Trade
paperback, 224 pages
$14.95
6.125
x 7.5
Brainwaves®,
August 2001
ISBN number 0-916410-78-1
A
personal mind-training program with 176 performance
tips and skills-targeted puzzles to increase
memory, math and language dexterity
The
3-month brain-training program also covers
Social/Emotional skills and Executive Management
skills. Brain exercises are graded from easy
to difficult. All of them have "Hints" to
get into the action again if you get stuck
temporarily and don't want to look up the
solutions. Lots of info on female-male brain
differences and exercises to do together.
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USE
IT or LOSE IT!
Trade paperback,
196 pages
$14.95
7.5 x 8.25, 32 Drawings, Diagrams and Photos
Brainwaves®, October
2000
ISBN 0-916410-68-4
How to keep your brain
fit as it ages
New
updated and enlarged edition
with 48 brain-stimulating
mental exercises. Use
It or Lose It! is a new
book developed at The Brainwaves
Center based on the latest
published research in the
neurosciences. The Center
suggests these five steps
to keep your mental equipment
operating up to specs as
your brain grows old, gracefully,
along with the rest of you:
- 10 years
old - Ask questions
- 25 years old -
Marry someone smarter than you are
- 38
years old - Exercise regularly
to reduce stress
- 52 years old -
Learn something new
- 65
years old - Avoid the ruts
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BRAINS
THAT WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY
Trade paperback,
128 pages
$9.95
33 Illustrations
Brainwaves®,
2000
ISBN 0916410927
Recent discoveries
about common mental diversities
• ATTENTION
DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY
• ALCOHOLISM • AUTISM • DEJA
VU
• DYSLEXIA • LEFT HANDEDNESS
• PERFECT PITCH • PHOTOGRAPHIC
MEMORY
• SEASONAL AFFECTIVE
DISORDER • SYNESTHESIA
Almost
everyone can relate personally to at least
one of the ten conditions in “Brains
That Work a Little Bit Differently.” Special-Ed
teachers and parents certainly want access
to the most current discoveries about dyslexia,
ADHD, and autism, for example.
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EXERCISES
FOR THE WHOLE BRAIN
Trade paperback,
128 pages
$9.95
5.5 x 8.25
Brainwaves®,
August 1999
ISBN 0-916410-65-X
Neuron-builders
to stimulate & entertain your visual,
math & executive-planning skills
by
Allen D. Bragdon and Leonard
Fellows. The most fascinating
mental exercises from the New
York Times internationally
syndicated column Playspace.
Builds brain skills in
the same way physical exercise
builds muscles and stamina.
60 skill-developing exercises
that strengthen neuronal
connection among the brain
centers that control creative-visual,
executive-planning, spatial-manipulative
and logical thinking."Perfect
for honing intellectual
and memory skills and making
the most of the gray matter
we all possess." Foreign
editions: Czech Republic,
France, Germany, Mexico,
Netherlands, Poland, Russia,
Spain, UK.
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BUILDING
LEFT-BRAIN POWER
Trade paperback,
320 pages
$14.95
5.5 x 8.25
Brainwaves®, August
1999,
ISBN 0-916410-63-3
Conditioning
exercises & tips to improve mood and develop
language, math and other uniquely human skills by
Allen Bragdon and David Gamon, Ph.D. An entertaining,
interactive program designed to increase the
power of the specific kinds of intelligence that
contribute to professional and personal success.
Includes reports of recent discoveries in the
neurosciences with more than 100 tips to help
improve performance in real-world problem-solving
situations. Mental-conditioning exercises that
are fun to do gradually build neuron-strength.
14 progressively more difficult formats develop
language, math, executive, planning and social
skills just as physical exercises build muscle
groups. 5 self-scoring tests measure status.
Here's a tip: “When you can't think of a
word, look right. Researchers observed that test-takers
do better at verbal memory problems when gazing
to the right, which stimulates the left hemisphere.” Developed
by Games magazine founder. Foreign editions:
China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany,
India, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Turkey, UK.
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HOW
SHARP IS YOUR PENCIL?
Trade paperback, 432
pages
$17.95
7.375 x 9.125
Brainwaves®,
August 1999,
ISBN 0-916410-64-1
Can you pass these
tests? 46 real-world, professional and academic
qualifying exams to try
by Allen Bragdon and David Gamon. For example:
Chef - California Culinary Academy; Nurse
- National Council of Registered Nurses;
Architect - Georgia Tech; U.S. History -
Harvard; Securities Sales - Securities Training
School; Real Estate - Florida; Wine Master
- London Institute of Masters of Wine. The
best exams, with answers, selected from two
titles originally published as Can You Pass
These Tests? and What Do You Know? with combined
sales over 150,000 copies. Now available
in one giant volume updated with new exams
on Business Ethics and Computer Certification."Do
you have what it takes to be an air traffic
controller? A systems engineer? How about
a baseball umpire or a cab driver in New
York City?" Edited by the creator of Games magazine.
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RIGHT
BRAIN TEASERS
Trade paperback,
160 pages
$9.95
5.5 x 8.25
Brainwaves®,
August 1999,
ISBN 0-916410-66-8
A photo-quiz for the
mind's eye: Can you tell what these 75 old-time
utensils were used for?
The right side of your brain specializes
in recognizing shapes and visualizing them
in space. Engineers, architects, carpenters
and map readers are strong in this skill.
This is brain-candy for them and a test of
knowledge for collectors of antique household
items and tools. Sharp, detailed photographs
of collectible antiques and curiosities with
descriptions of their use plus old-time household
tips and remedies. If you can identify 10%
of them you are doing well. Featured on NBC-TV’s
David Letterman show. By Allen D. Bragdon
and Marcia Monbleau. “A collector's
antique shop & yard-sale handbook as
compelling as a bowl of peanuts.” Cape
Cod Home & Garden.
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Allen D. Bragdon Publishers, Inc.
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