The Playful Brain: The Surprising Science of How Puzzles Improve Your Mind

Restak, Richard; Kim, Scott

ISBN 10: 1594485453 / ISBN 13: 9781594485459

Published by Penguin Publishing Group (edition Reprint), 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Playful Brain: The Surprising Science of How Puzzles Improve Your Mind
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594485453
• ISBN 13: 9781594485459
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is your brain on puzzles.

Everyone knows that puzzles can improve your brain function. Now a leading neurosurgeon and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal the fascinating science behind it. Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, this is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises in developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills.

About the Author

Richard M. Restak, M.D., is a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and Clinical Professor of Neurology affiliated with the George Washington University Medical Center. He is the author of the bestselling The Brain--a companion to the PBS series of the same name--as well as The Mind, The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own, and The Brain: The Last Frontier. He lives in Washington, D.C..