Think Smart, Richard Restak
Think Smart, Richard Restak
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Think Smart
A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance

Author: Richard Restak

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/18/2009


Synopsis

In Think Smart, the renowned neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author Richard Restak details how each of us can improve and tone our body's most powerful organ: the brain.

As an expert on the brain, Restak knows that in the last five years there have been exciting new scientific discoveries about the brain and its performance. So he has asked his colleagues—among them the world's leading brain scientists and researchers—one important question: What can I do to help my brain work more efficiently? Their surprising and remarkably feasible answers are at the heart of Think Smart.

Dr. Restak combines advice culled from cutting-edge research with brain-tuning exercises to show how individuals of any age can make their brains work more effectively. In the same accessible prose that made Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot a New York Times bestseller, Restak presents a wide array of practical recommendations about a variety of topics, including the crucial role sleep plays in boosting creativity, the importance of honing sensory memory, and the neuron-firing benefits of certain foods.

In Think Smart, the man the Smithsonian Institution has called "wise, witty, and ethical" offers audiences helpful suggestions for fighting neurological decline that will put every listener on the path to building a healthier, more limber brain.

About Richard Restak

Richard Restak, M.D., is an award-winning neuroscientist, neuropsychiatrist, and clinical professor of neurology at the George Washington University Medical Center. He is the bestselling author of eighteen acclaimed books about the brain, including The Brain, a companion to the PBS series of the same name; Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot; The Secret Life of the Brain; and The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own. Restak has also written articles for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and other publications. A member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Neuropsychiatric Association, he lives in Washington, D.C.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on June 09, 2009

My previous exposure to Dr. Restak's work was `Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot,' which to my recollection I wasn't very keen on and for those of you interested in reading that review I'd advise to scroll through my profile and find it. The current book `Think Smart' is a little different and he......more

Goodreads review by Taka on April 05, 2010

A Mishmash of Information-- The book should be titled, Think Smart: Myriad Ways of Improving Your Brain Power Drawn From Various Sources since the author draws from NOT HIS OWN RESEARCH OR EXPERIENCE but from a wide range of sources like K. Anders Ericsson et al. In other words, the author might as w......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on July 06, 2018

For someone who loves learning about our human brain: how it works, neuropsychology, how to alter our brain so it works better for our sake, etc.; I found this book an interesting read. I took my time reading and re-reading taking notes. I found it quite interesting and a great in-depth read.......more

Goodreads review by Loy on September 23, 2013

Books on the Brain & Human Potential like those from Charles Duhigg (The Power of Habit), Daneil Coyle (The Talent Code), Matthew Syed (Bounce), Daniel Pink (Drive) have always fascinated me. Simply because I am obsessed about anything that can help me become better. And when a book is authored by a......more

Goodreads review by Sam on July 22, 2015

Neuro-plasticity and Neoteny are two areas that have always held my attention in the Neurosciences. Though 'Thinking Smart' didn't give my info-insatiate mind ample fodder re Neoteny, it provided a sufficiently robust argument re the brains' plasticity and the need to attend to brain health just lik......more