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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.

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"An insightful, varied prescription for achieving optimal brain health.... Highly recommended.-- ""Library Journal"""

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"Richard Restak, MD, 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, DC. 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. Arthur Morey has won three AudioFile Magazine ""Best Of"" Awards, and his work has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and placed him as a finalist for two Audie Awards. He has acted in a number of productions, both off Broadway in New York and off Loop in Chicago. He graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has won awards for his fiction and drama, worked as an editor with several book publishers, and taught literature and writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed."

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