My version is by Rodale Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87857-653-3 Hardcover.
Firnando Chau Book Review
Contents
Chapter 1 How Your Brain Works (or Doesn't)
Chapter 2 Foods for Thought
Chapter 3 No Mind Is an Island
Chapter 4 The Brain Drugs: Caffeine, Nicotine and Alcohol
Chapter 5 How to Build a Better Brain
Chapter 6 Keep Your Memory Sharp
Chapter 7 Learn to Be More Creative
Index
Chapter 1 How Your Brain Works (or Doesn't)
1.1. Intellectual Fitness
1.2. Brain Chemicals
1.3. Mind and Body, or Mind/Body?
Chapter 2 Foods for Thought
2.1. Your Sugar-Fueled Computer
2.2. The Ups and Downs of Sugar
2.3. Psychoactive Foods
2.4. Tryptophan and Drowsiness
2.5. Choline for Memory Function
2.6. Choline in Your Diet
2.7. Vitamins and Minerals for Peak Mental Performance
2.8. The B Vitamins
2.9. Vitamin C
2.10. Vitamin E
2.11. Trace Elements
2.12. Iron for Anemic Intellects
2.13. The Role of Zinc
2.14. A Smart Diet for Kids
2.15. The Hyperactive Child
2.16. Special Needs in Later Years
Chapter 3 No Mind Is an Island
3.1. Sound Advice
3.2. Music to Think By
3.3. Learning to Music
3.4. The Pursuit of Quiet
3.5. Plug Your Ears
3.6. White Noise
3.7. In the Home and Office
3.8. Is Sunlight an Essential Nutrient?
3.9. Winter Doldrums and The Third Eye
3.10. Supplementing Your Light Diet
3.11. Choosing the Right Light
3.12. Witches' Winds and Ion Generators
3.13. Fresh Air, Fresh Thoughts
3.14. Generate Your Own Ions
3.15. Time Warps
3.16. Successfully Weathering Jet Lag and Swing Shifts
3.17. Your Internal Clock versus Society's Clock
3.18. Mind Allergies
3.19. Are You Allergic to Your Home?
3.20. Food Allergies
3.21. Look Out for Lead
3.22. How to Get the Lead Out
Chapter 4 The Brain Drugs: Caffeine, Nicotine and Alcohol
4.1. Caffeine: The Number-One Brain Drug
4.2. What Goes Up Must Come Down
4.3. How Can You Tell If You're Hooked?
4.4. How to Get Off the Hook
4.5. Nicotine
4.6. A Thinking Person's Guide to Alcohol
4.7. The Three Faces of Alcohol
4.8. Does Alcohol Really Pickle the Brain?
Chapter 5 How to Build a Better Brain
5.1. Mental Muscle
5.2. Teaching Old Rats New Tricks
5.3. How to Set Off "Dendritic Fireworks"
5.4. A Powerful Mind in a Fit Body
5.5. Exercise for Those Who Think Young
5.6. The Biochemistry of Exercise
5.7. Minding the Mind/Body Split
5.8. Blood Supply
5.9. Air Supply
5.10. The Importance of Quality Sleep
5.11. Mind Rhythms
5.12. Your Thoughts Can Make You Sick
5.13. Keep Stress from Sabotaging Your Mind
5.14. Meditation
5.15. Biofeedback
5.16. Linking Mind and Body
5.17. Put Yourself in a Creative Mood with Biofeedback
5.18. What is Biofeedback Like?
5.19. Muscle Relaxation
5.20. Body Therapies
5.21. The Power of Positive Thinking, Revisited
5.22. Picture This
5.23. The Mind in Sports
5.24. Mental Tips for Peak Sports Performance
Chapter 6 Keep Your Memory Sharp
6.1. The Mechanics of Memory
6.2. Learning to Remember
6.3. Stress: Memory's Worst Enemy
6.4. Our Moody Filing Cabinets
6.5. Memory around the Clock
6.6. Focus Your Attention
6.7. Techniques for Better Concentration
6.8. Memory Food
6.9. Memory Pills
6.10. Alcohol
6.11. Does the Memory Wear Out?
6.12. Is It Really Senility?
6.13. Alzheimer's and Senile Dementia
6.14. When All Else Fails, Forget It
Chapter 7 Learn to Be More Creative
7.1. Creative Resuscitation
7.2. Creativity Takes Youthful Thinking, Not Youth
7.3. The Creative Personality
7.4. Intelligence and Creativity
7.5. Is One Sex More Creative than the Other?
7.6. Creation Takes Time
7.7. Block Busters
7.8. Booze and the Muse
7.9. Thinking Laterally for Better Creativity
7.10. Exercises in Lateral Thinking
7.11. Brainstorming
7.12. Visit Your Unconscious Mind
7.13. Other Mind-Expanding Possibilities
7.14. Creativity Tips
Index
