| Here you have The 10 Most Popular Brain Fitness | | | | 6. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New |
| & Cognitive Health Books of 2008. I hope you | | | | Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to |
| find them as stimulating as I did! | | | | Transform Ourselves (Ballantine Books, January 2007) |
| 1. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving | | | | - Sharon Begley, Newsweek' excellent science writer, |
| at Work, Home, and School (Pear Press, March 2008) | | | | provides an in-depth introduction to the research on |
| - Dr. John Medina, Director of the Brain Center for | | | | neuroplasticity based on a Mind & Life Institute |
| Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific | | | | event. |
| University, writes an engaging and comprehensive | | | | 7. Thanks: How the New Science of Gratitude Can |
| introduction to the many daily implications of recent | | | | Make You Happier (Houghton Mifflin, August 2007) |
| brain research. | | | | - Prof. Robert Emmons, Professor of Psychology at |
| 2. The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think | | | | UC Davis and Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of |
| Like a Thin Person (Oxmoor House, March 2007) | | | | Positive Psychology, writes a solid book that |
| - Dr. Judith Beck, Director of the Beck Institute for | | | | combines a research-based synthesis of the topic as |
| Cognitive Therapy and Research, connects the world | | | | well as practical suggestions. |
| of research-based cognitive therapy with a | | | | 8. The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized |
| mainstream application: maintaining weight-loss. | | | | Mind (Oxford University Press, January 2001) |
| 3. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal | | | | - Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, clinical professor of |
| Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Viking, | | | | neurology at New York University School of Medicine, |
| March 2007) | | | | provides a fascinating perspective on the role of the |
| - Dr. Norman Doidge, psychiatrist and author of this | | | | frontal roles and executive functions through the |
| New York Times bestseller, brings us "a compelling | | | | lifespan. |
| collection of tales about the amazing abilities of the | | | | 9. The Brain Trust Program: A Scientifically Based |
| brain to rewire, readjust and relearn". | | | | Three-Part Plan to Improve Memory (Perigee Trade, |
| 4. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise | | | | September 2007) |
| and the Brain(Little, Brown and Company, January | | | | - Dr. Larry McCleary, former acting Chief of Pediatric |
| 2008) | | | | Neurosurgery at Denver Children's Hospital, covers |
| - Dr. John Ratey, an associate clinical professor of | | | | many lifestyle recommendations for brain health in |
| psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, summarizes the | | | | this practical book. |
| growing research on the brain benefits of physical | | | | 10. A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, |
| exercise. | | | | and the Four Theaters of the Brain (Pantheon, |
| 5. The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the | | | | January 2001) |
| Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of | | | | - In this book (previous to Spark), Dr. John Ratey |
| Learning (Stylus Publishing, October 2002) | | | | provides a stimulating description of how the brain |
| - Dr. James Zull, Director Emeritus of the University | | | | works. An excellent Brain 101 book to anyone new to |
| Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education at | | | | the field. |
| Case Western Reserve University, writes a | | | | Let me ask you know...have you already chosen a |
| must-read for educators and lifelong learners. | | | | book to read next? |