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100 _aRestak, Richard
110 _aThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
245 _aOptimizing Brain Fitness /
_cRichard Restak ; The Teaching Company.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aChantilly, VA :
_bThe Teaching Company,
_c2011.
300 _a2 DVDs (360 min) :
_bsd. col ;
_c4 3/4 in +
_e1 Course Guidebook (60 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).
440 _aThe Great Courses
504 _aIncludes a biography on the author, a course scope, and bibliographical references.
505 _a"With its up to 500 trillion synaptic connections, your brain is easily the most powerful machine in the world. These connections are what create your thoughts, what drive your emotions, and what control your behaviors. Even more incredibly: this amazing machine is constantly changing through a process known as brain plasticity. And you can take advantage of this process to improve and enhance your brain's jaw-dropping powers - at any age (Publisher's website
505 _aDVD CONTENTS:
_tDisc 1
_tLecture 1: How Your Brain Works
_tLecture 2: How Your Brain Changes
_tLecture 3: Care and Feeding of the Brain
_tLecture 4: Creativity and the Playful Brain
_tLecture 5: Focusing Your Attention
_tLecture 6: Enhancing Your Memory
_tDisc 2
_tLecture 7: Exercising Your Working Memory
_tLecture 8: Putting Your Senses to Work
_tLecture 9: Enlisting Your Emotional Memory
_tLecture 10: Practicing for Peak Performance
_tLecture 11: Taking Advantage of Technology
_tLecture 12: Building Your Cognitive Reserve
520 3 _a"With its up to 500 trillion synaptic connections, your brain is easily the most powerful machine in the world. These connections are what create your thoughts, what drive your emotions, and what control your behaviors. Even more incredibly: this amazing machine is constantly changing through a process known as brain plasticity. And you can take advantage of this process to improve and enhance your brain's jaw-dropping powers - at any age (Publisher's website).
520 2 _aDVD CONTENTS: Disc 1 Lecture 1: How Your Brain Works Lecture 2: How Your Brain Changes Lecture 3: Care and Feeding of the Brain Lecture 4: Creativity and the Playful Brain Lecture 5: Focusing Your Attention Lecture 6: Enhancing Your Memory Disc 2 Lecture 7: Exercising Your Working Memory Lecture 8: Putting Your Senses to Work Lecture 9: Enlisting Your Emotional Memory Lecture 10: Practicing for Peak Performance Lecture 11: Taking Advantage of Technology Lecture 12: Building Your Cognitive Reserve
650 _aBetter living
_vBrain fitness
650 _aHealth and Wellness
_vPhysiology
650 _aBrain
_vHuman information processing.
710 _aThe Teaching Company.
856 _uhttps://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/optimizing-brain-fitness.html
_zPublisher's Website.
856 _uhttps://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C696279
_zCheck the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog.
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