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While most people are aware of the importance of keeping their bodies in good shape, it is only in recent years that there has been a widespread acceptance that the brain thrives on challenge and needs to be exercised and trained just as much as other parts of the body.
The Brain Fitness Workout includes a wide range of puzzles, tests and workouts designed to provide original and stimulating mental challenges with the aim of improving readers brain fitness. Several of the exercises are speed tests against the clock. In some cases an assessment rating is provided to enable readers to monitor their performances.
Synopsis
While most people are aware of the importance of keeping their bodies in good shape, it is only in recent years that there has been a widespread acceptance that the brain thrives on challenge and needs to be exercised and trained just as much as other parts of the body.
The Brain Fitness Workout includes a wide range of puzzles, tests and workouts designed to provide original and stimulating mental challenges with the aim of improving readers' brain fitness. Several of the exercises are speed tests against the clock. In some cases an assessment rating is provided to enable readers to monitor their performances.
Synopsis
The Brain Fitness Workout includes a wide range of puzzles, tests and workouts designed to provide original and stimulating mental challenges with the aim of improving readers brain fitness. Several of the exercises are speed tests against the clock. In some cases an assessment rating is provided to enable readers to monitor their performances.
Synopsis
Philip Carter is an IQ test expert and author of over 60 books covering tests, puzzles, crosswords, and reasoning.
About the Author
· A spate of recent news coverage on brain fitness and “brain training” reflects a growing interest in non-drug-based interventions to keep the brain sharp (CNN, WSJ, NYTimes)
· Increased emphasis on “brain maintenance” in venues ranging from retirement communities to gyms and health clubs
· Research shows quantifiable short-term improvements after a number of weeks of systematic “brain training” to improve specific cognitive skills
· Circumstantial evidence suggests “brain training” might lower incidence of Alzheimers symptoms.
· An increasing number of companies are achieving significant commercial success in packaging ‘brain exercise.” Nintendo games such as Brain Age and Brain Training have shipped over 15 million units worldwide since 2005. Source: Sharp Brains, 2008.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Use it or lose it
PART ONE
1 IQ test 1
PART TWO
The workouts
2 Keenness of mind
3 Numerical ability
4 Verbal ability
5 Sharpen up your memory
6 Brain-teaser puzzles
7 3D thinking
PART THREE
8 IQ test 2