Lifestyle Book Reviews
Making A Good Brain Great by Daniel G. Amen, MD
Harmony Books, October, 2005Hardcover, 313 pages
ISBN: 1400082080
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Until recently, medical science didn't really know much about the
day to day functioning of the human brain. For example, until
recently, scientists believed that adults could not regenerate
brain tissue: we now know that brains can regenerate after strokes
as new neural pathways are formed. With new scanning
technology, the living human brain is slowly revealing its secrets.
Brains that have attention deficit disorder look different on
active brain scans, which has revolutionized treatment and saved
many children from being labeled as lazy or disruptive, when they
really had ADD.
Dr. Amen is a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist and brain-imaging expert who heads up the Amen Clinic in Newport Beach, California. His new book, Making a Good Brain Great provides a fascinating overview of the latest brain discoveries and how you can use those discoveries to improve your own brain functioning through diet, physical exercise, mental exercises and supplements. Using photos of SPECT brain imaging results, Dr. Amen shows how head injuries, alcohol, prescription drugs and even paint fumes can damage a healthy brain and impair functioning. With dementia and Alzheimer's on the rise, the brain is becoming the focus of many scientific studies. Dr. Amen's book and his 15 days to a better brain is a must-read for those who wants to maintain a healthy functioning brain for the rest of their lives.
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