Keep Your Brain Alive- 83 Neurobics Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss And Increase Mental Fitness By Lawrence C. Katz

 CONTENTS

Preface

CHAPTER I

Neurobics: The New Science of Brain Exercise

CHAPTER II

How the Brain Works

CHAPTER III

How Neurobics Works

CHAPTER IV

Starting and Ending the Day

CHAPTER V

Commuting

CHAPTER VI

At Work

CHAPTER VII

At the Market

CHAPTER VIII

At Mealtimes

CHAPTER IX

At Leisure 

PREFACE

As the population of over 76 million Baby Boomers approaches middle age and beyond, the issue of preserving mental powers throughout greatly increased life spans has reached an almost fever pitch. There is a growing interest in—and optimism about—preserving and enhancing the brain’s capabilities into senior years. With the help of powerful new tools of molecular biology and brain imaging, neuro-scientists around the world have literally been looking into the mind as it thinks. Almost daily, they are discovering that many of the negative myths about the aging brain are,indeed, only myths: “Older and wiser” is not just a hopeful cliché but can be the reality. In much the same way that you can maintain your physical wellbeing, you can take charge of your mental health and fitness.

Although new and therefore not yet proved by a large body of tests,Neurobics is based on solid scientific ground; it is an exciting synthesis of substantial findings about the brain that provides a concrete strategy for keeping the brain fit and flexible as you grow older.

From Theory to Practice

Jane reached into her pocketbook and fished inside for the keys to her apartment. Usually they were in the outside flap pocket but not today. “Did I forget them?! No…here they are.” She felt their shapes to figure out which one would open the top lock. It took her two tries until she heard the welcome click of the lock opening. Inside the door she reached to the left for the light switch…but why bother? Her husband would do that later. Touching the wall lightly with her fingertips, she moved to the closet on the right, found it, and hung up her coat. She turned slowly and visualized in her mind the location of  the table holding her telephone and answering machine. Carefully she headed in that direction, guided by the feel of the leather armchair and the scent of a vase of birthday roses, anxious to avoid the sharp edge of the coffee table and hoping to have some messages from her family waiting.The table. The answering machine. She reached out and brushed her fingers across what she believed to be the play button. “What if I push the delete button?” she thought, and again checked to make sure she was right.Yesterday it was so easy. She could have done all this simply by looking around. Today was different. She could see nothing.

But Jane had not suddenly gone blind. At age 50, she was introducing a lifestyle strategy called Neurobics into her daily activities. Based on recent discoveries in brain science, Neurobics is a new form of brain exercise designed to help keep the brain agile and healthy. By breaking her usual homecoming routine, Jane had placed her brain’s attentional circuits in high gear. With her eyes closed, she had to rely on her senses of touch, smell,hearing, and spatial memory to do something they rarely did—navigate through her apartment. And she was involving her emotional sense by feeling the stresses of not being able to see. All these actions created new and different patterns of neuron activity in her brain—which is how Neurobics works.

This book will explain the principles behind Neurobics and how the exercises enhance the overall health of your brain as you grow older. 

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