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| Learn Faster & Remember More: The Developing Brain, the Maturing Years and the Experienced Mind | 
 enlarge | Authors: Allen D. Bragdon, David Gamon
Publisher: Brainwaves Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 091641079X
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.1523
EAN: 9780916410797
Publication Date: July 2001
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages, missing dust jacket, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.
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Product Description
Drawing from the most recent neurological research, this guide translates these findings into techniques, exercises, and self-tests that are designed to stimulate learning and memory retention skills from infancy to old age. Practical insights into the way the brain develops are provided, including what newborns respond to and what a child can understand when-with specific references to the "Mozart Effect" controversy and self-consciousness in the terrible twos. Explained are such hot topics as why studying before sleep uses dreaming to file facts away, how to memorize a fact by using powers of imagination, and what to eat to keep brains alert after lunch.
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 Misleading title July 10, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The title should have been "Everything you ever wanted to know about memory, except how to improve it". A 1-star rating is too good for this book, but there wasn't a "no star" option to pick from.
All About the Brain. October 19, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Despite the misleading title, LEARN FASTER AND REMEMBER MORE is an educational and informative book about the human brain. The book is divided into three sections: 1. The Developing Years 2. The Maturing Years and 3. The Experienced Mind. The first section talks about the development of the brain from the third trimester all the way through high school. The main issues in the section usually center around what parents can do to help make their children brighter. The second part of the book deals with the brain from high school until around 55. This is probably the most applicable section in the book. The third section is about the mind in the golden years of life and focuses on Alzheimer's and dementia. The book is written with some of the latest research in neurology and other cognitive sciences to back up it's claims. There are a few games and brainteasers here and there, but the book is mainly a descriptive book explaining how the brain works and offering some suggestions on how to better improve intelligence. A few mneumonic devices are described, the importance of a good night's rest and balanced diet is discussed, and vitamins that actually improve intellectual performance are listed (for example, Vitamin E is just as important and perhaps more so than Vitamin B). The book is written for the lay person who doesn't keep up with the latest scientific findings. Overall, I enjoyed reading the book, though some of the information was repetitive and some of the discussions "old hat" to me.
 Ignore the Title June 30, 2004
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is not what the title sugests. It does not contain how to's on learning faster and remembering more. It is a summary of other's scholarship on how the brain works. That's it.
MISLEADING June 24, 2004
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
When I bought the book I thought I would be doing practice after practice, making my mind stronger and my memory better. What I did not expect was 1/3 of the book to be written about the developement of a child's brain, and another 1/3 of the book to be about problems with the brain when people get older, much older. Being neither child nor elder, that only left 1/3 of the book pertaining to me. Unfortunately most of that part of the book talked about how the brain works. In the end feel dumber and more forgetfull... My final evaluation would be... what was I talking about?
A little misleading March 12, 2003
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
With such a catchy title, one should expect a book filled with practical, detailed, perhaps even step-by-step, instructions (or even suggestions) on how one could achieve the goal of "Learning Faster and Remembering More". Instead, the book is more a digest or summary of the "latest" findings in cognitive/brain-physiology research. Each chapter (usually 5-10 pages) tries to address a specific aspect of mental function. Each chapter usually begins with a short exercise to illustrate the point that is about to be made in the body of the chapter. The body of each chapter then explains the topic at some length in layman's terms and ends with a biblio.Unfortunately, the book is badly in need of depth. Perhaps it is to be expected for a relatively small book with an ambitious breadth of topics. It is an entertaining and quick read, but cannot seriously claim to teach quicker learning or better memory. A more appropriate title might be "Interesting Tidbits about Our Brain". I suppose the main idea one comes away with upon completing the book would be this: your brain thrives on mental exercise, keep challenging it at every stage of your life.
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