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399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.

Contributors:

By (Author) Nancy Linde

ISBN:

9780761168256

Publisher:

Workman Publishing

Imprint:

Workman Adult

Publication Date:

1st November 2012

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

793.73

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

424

Dimensions:

Width 184mm, Height 232mm, Spine 24mm

Weight:

720g

Description

Cross-train your brain. All it takes is ten to fifteen minutes a day of playing the right games. (Its fun.) Exercising your brain is like exercising your bodywith the right program, you can keep your brain young, strong, agile, and adaptable. Organized on an increasing scale of difficulty from Warm-up to Merciless, here are 399 puzzles, trivia quizzes, brainteasers, and word game that are both fun and engaging to play, and are expertly designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process of rejuvenating the brain by growing new brain cells. Target Six Key Cognitive Functions: 1. Long-Term Memory. 2. Working Memory. 3. Executive Functioning. 4. Attention to Detail. 5. Multitasking. 6. Processing Speed.

Author Bio

Nancy Linde created and runs Never2Old4Games.com, an online subscription service for activities professionals working with senior citizens at assisted living residences, retirement communities, senior centers, and other senior-serving organizations. She has produced, written, and directed more than a dozen documentary films, including for the PBS series NOVA. She lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

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