Acclaimed neuroscientist Gary Wenk reveals the fascinating impacts of exercise on the brain Decades of research demonstrate that regular modest levels of exercise improve heart and lung function and may relieve joint pain. Regular daily exercise will help your body to regulate blood sugar levels and reduce inflammation, and many of these benefits are a consequence of reducing the amount of body fat you carry around. Your body clearly benefits in many ways from regular exercise. Does your brain benefit as well? Does regular exercise positively affect brain function? Does our thinking become faster because we exercise? Does running a marathon make us smarter? Dr. Gary Wenk's goal is to provide a realistic perspective on what benefits your brain should expect to achieve from exercise. Your Brain on Exercise skillfully blends scholarship with illuminating insights and clarity. Without requiring any specialized knowledge about the brain, Your Brain on Exercise entertainingly illustrates the intersection between brain health, the consequences of exercise, and our need to eat in an entirely new light. An internationally renowned neuroscientist and medical researcher, Dr. Wenk has been educating college and medical students about the brain and lecturing around the world for more than forty years.

This book contains hundreds of teasers for the ultimate, mind-challenge workout, with such features as number grids, scrostics, logic problems, arithmetic squares, and others.

This rigorous and easy-to-follow program helps keep the brain sharp and stimulated.

“Wisdom comes from distilling knowledge and experience to make sound judgements, and Rajiv in this book uses his own knowledge and experience in the corporate world and through his spirituality provides a workbook that should be of value to so many. The issues that Rajiv discusses in the book are common derailers, and many people spend their lives unaware of this, often not knowing there is another way. The open discussion of these typical derailers, the constant link to spirituality and the ultimate step of the reader interacting with the issues through the workout at the end of the chapter make this book a practical guide to living a happy and fulfilling life.” Ajay Srinivasan Chief Executive - Financial Services Aditya Birla Group “Rajiv has managed to combine wisdom and practice in one tome, which is never easy. Very clear and simple thoughts to convey wisdom on multiple aspects of life and inviting the reader to interact is an innovative format. I am sure Wisdom Workout will help many of us who struggle to grow wise in everyday life.” Naveen Tahilyani Managing Director & CEO Tata AIA Life Insurance We all know where to go when we need to tone and shape our physical bodies — we hit the gym. But, do we spend enough time for toning, shaping and building up wisdom in our lives? Wisdom Workout is a practical journey through some very relevant areas in our life and how to exercise wisdom in it. The ‘workout’ process includes a set of questions based on the author’s thoughts that are crafted with an intent to get you thinking, re-thinking and getting hands-on with the rational execution of the thought in your life. The book will challenge, push and exhort you to strive for excellence in your personal and professional life.

From New York Timesbestselling author Dr. Gary Small – an expert on neuroscience, memory, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, anxiety and human behavior – Dr Small's Brain Games: 75 Large Print Puzzles, Logic Riddles & Brain Teasers to Exercise Your Mind is what you need to keep your brain in tip-top condition. According to Dr. Gary Small, the director of the UCLA Center on Aging, "Great memories are not born, they are made," and this book provides the innovative memory exercises and brain fitness programs necessary to immediately improve your mental performance. Start exercising your mind with puzzles, riddles and brain teasers created by one of the world's top memory experts.

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