Let renowned neuropsychiatrist Richard Restak, M.D. teach you how to get smarter and stay smarter. In Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot, he'll show you how you can boost our brain's congnitive performance by increasing alertness, concentration, memory, problem-solving ability, mental endurance, and much more.

Learn how to:
Take advantage of the interrelationships of learning, memory and intelligence.
Increase mental acuity and develp your emotional memory.
Improve your powers of attention and concentration.

Packed with practical advice and fascinating examples drawn from history, literature, and science, Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot provides twenty-eight informative and realistic steps that you can take to improve your brainpower.

Richard Restak, M.D., is a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and clinical professor of neurology at George Washington University Medical Center. He is the author of the bestselling book, The Brain, a companion to the PBS series of the same name, as well as The Mind and The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Contents

Introducitn
1 Learn as much as possible about how your brain works
2 Apply your knowledge about the human brain to organize your ideas
3 Think of the brain as the creator of incredibly rich and fascinating montages
4 Your capacity for new learning remains and may increase as you grow older
5 Learn about your brain's motor programs and how to use them
6 Take advantage of the intimate interrelationships of learning, memory, and intelligence
7 Improve your memory by using a memory system
8 Develop your emotional memory
9 Think in terms of brain geography
10 Develop linkages associating as many things as you can
11 Engage in activities that stimulate extensive portions of the brain
12 Let the brain just be the brain
13 Practice forms of mental hygiene
14 Turn our feelings and emotions to you advantage
15 Take active measures to reduce stress
16 Learn to work in concert with your personal bodily rhythms
17 Strengthen your powers of attention and concentration
18 Train your powers of logic
19 Develop a tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity
20 Develop your powers of metacognition: thinking about your thinking
21 Increase mental acuity through wide and varied reading
22 Heighten your sensory capacities
23 Learn about and experience art and music
24 Organize a phsyical exercise program that aims at brain enhancement
25 Cultivate fine-motor-control skills involving your hands
26 Regularly practice some form of mental relaxation
27 Use technology to augment your brain's functioning
28 Concentrate on and act in harmony with your natural abilites
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