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Books for Your Brain
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Building
Mental Muscle
Conditioning
exercises for the six intelligence zones
by Allen D. Bragdon
and David Gamon,
PhD.
Paperback, 320 pages
$14.95 6 x 9
Second Edition
Brainwaves®, April 2003
ISBN 0-9164-1080-3
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
How New and Old Brains Acquire & Recall
Information
by Allen D. Bragdon and
David Gamon, PhD.
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)
176 Fun Puzzles and Performance Tips
by
Allen D. Bragdon (Founding Editor of Games magazine)
& Dr. David Gamon,
PhD
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!
How to Keep
Your Brain Fit as It Ages
by Allen
D. Bragdon and
David Gamon, PhD.
Trade paperback, 196 pages
$14.95, 7.5 x 8.25, 32 Drawings, Diagrams and Photos
Second Edition
Brainwaves®, October 2000
ISBN 0-916410-68-4
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
Recent Discoveries About Common
Brain Diversities
by Allen D. Bragdon and
David Gamon, PhD.
Trade paperback, 128 pages
$9.95, 33 Illustrations
Brainwaves®, 2000
ISBN 0916410927
- Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity
- Alcoholism • Autism • Déjà 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
Power up your brain circuits with
60 challenging puzzles
by Allen D. Bragdon and
Leonard Fellows
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,
& executive-planning skills
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
Conditioning
exercises & tips to improve mood
and develop language,
math and other uniquely human skills
by
Allen Bragdon and David Gamon, Ph.D.
Trade paperback, 320 pages
$14.95, 5.5 x 8.25
Brainwaves®, August 1999,
ISBN 0-916410-63-3
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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Brain Teasers
A Photo-Quiz for the
Mind's Eye
By Allen D. Bragdon
and Marcia Monbleau
Trade paperback, 160 pages
$9.95, 5.5 x 8.25
Brainwaves®, August 1999,
ISBN 0-916410-66-8
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.
“A collector's antique shop & yard-sale
handbook as compelling as a bowl of peanuts.”
— Cape
Cod Home & Garden. |
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