How My Brain Works
A Guide to Understanding It Better and Keeping It Healthy
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Laurie Bower
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The wide range of useful information contained in How My Brain Works can help the listener in many ways: basic understanding of this unique organ, advice for anyone concerned about the possibility of a cognitive problem, and the wisdom of the author’s experience in helping her many patients and others to keep their brains healthy and working at their highest level.
Students with learning problems, young people considering varied career paths, victims of brain injuries or mental disorders, the middle-aged and elderly at risk of dementia — all can gain from the knowledge Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin has gained in her many years as a practicing neuropsychologist. In easy-to-understand language, she explains the countless ways the evaluation process she uses can help people in a wide variety of situations, and how the results can be used for maximum benefit.
Plus, building on this information, Dr. Koltuska-Haskin offers a wealth of advice and tips on how to build and maintain optimum brain health. Reaching widely into the physical, psychological, nutritional, and spiritual worlds, she pulls together new research as well as age-old treasured learning to create an everyday guide to harnessing our most powerful mental tools in shaping the healthful and successful lives we all seek.
©2020 Barbara Koltuska-Haskin (P)2021 Barbara Koltuska-HaskinListeners also enjoyed...
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- Mal Cunningham
- 07-26-23
A book that gives info on an important evaluation.
This is a book that explains neuropsychological evaluations and how they can help in all areas of life. There is a second part that also goes over the many different things that help the brain be healthy. It is very good, but needs to be listened to multiple times to decipher all the information that is given because a lot is given in non medical jargon. Each time you hear a different facet of the information.
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- Linda M Sanchez
- 12-05-24
Interesting book
I learned a lot about how my brain works and how I can improve it. I recommended it to friends.
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