Genius Brain

Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat, change the way you think about how your brain ages, and achieve optimal brain performance with this powerful new guide from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere.

It's every novelist's greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a page-one rewrite. The prevailing wisdom in the writing community is that there are just two ways around this problem: pantsing (winging it) and plotting (focusing on the external plot).

Award-winning science writer David Adam reveals how frontier neuroscience can enhance your intelligence. What if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, best-selling author David Adam explores the groundbreaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement.

Combining the dietary recommendations in his bestselling Genius Foods and the lifestyle recommendations of The Genius Life, Genius Kitchen features shockingly delicious, nutrient-packed recipes that will energize your mind, strengthen your body, and pave a path to health that you’ll feel with the first bite.

This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain - the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the "rational" side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master.

“The topics and techniques covered in Mykola’s book are extensive, making it an invaluable, practical resource for propelling your journey toward true success,”—Allan Pease, #1 NY Times Bestselling Author. Imagine how your life could change for the better… …If you were to leave behind all your self-destructive habits, sabotaging behaviors, and limiting beliefs. Picture a life where your mindset and decision-making process evolve into ones that constantly advance you. How much could your life change if you started eating right, exercising regularly, and getting enough sleep? What...

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why.

What if there’s a way that you can boost your brain power and think like the smartest and the sharpest people in the world? What if there’s a way that you can tap your inner genius and achieve laser-like focus? What if there’s a wonder drug that you can take to increase your ability to solve life’s more complicated problems? What if there’s a way through which you can improve your memory and clarity?

Introducing "The Spark of Genius," the new eBook that dives into the world of innovation, creativity, and critical thinking. This comprehensive guide illuminates the secrets of fostering imagination, curiosity, and innovation in young minds. Beginning with a thorough understanding of innovation, creativity, and critical thinking, "The Spark of Genius" details the crucial importance of these skills in today's rapidly evolving society. Educate yourself with the fascinating science of innovation and creativity, and uncover the impact of these abilities on a child's development. But the depth ...

Welcome to my book, "Genius Stuff that will Tickle your Brain"! In the 30 chapters that follow, I will take you on a fascinating journey exploring a wide range of intriguing subjects. We'll start by learning about the pesky yellow deer flies that bother us on trail walks and the unique living habits of brown snakes that dwell near water. From there, we'll investigate the painful bites of mosquitoes, uncover the science behind sweating and itchy skin, and discover how predators quickly incapacitate their prey. Shifting gears, we'll ponder what happens when a tree falls in the forest, trace ...

Have you ever wondered what separates geniuses from the rest of us? Is it their DNA, upbringing, or something else entirely? In this groundbreaking book, we delve deep into the mysterious world of genius and reveal the secrets behind their extraordinary minds. The Genius Code uncovers the patterns and habits of those who have achieved greatness. From Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs, we examine the traits that set them apart and reveal how you too can tap into your own genius potential. Discover the power of curiosity, persistence, and focus, and learn how to cultivate these qualities in your ...

This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy; in fact, all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work. Each of us has the ability to increase our mental functioning and creativity by learning to move flexibly among several brain states. 

The model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Arnold Rothstein was an underworld genius, racketeer, rumrunner, and mastermind who, as F. Scott Fitzgerald observed, played "with the faith of 15 million people with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe."

The human body was honed under unique conditions that no longer exist. The modern world has changed dramatically since our days as hunter gatherers, and it has caused widespread anxiety, stress, and disease, leaving our brains in disrepair. But science proves that the body and brain can be healed with the intervention of lifestyle protocols that help us to regain our cognitive birthright. In the Genius Life, Lugavere expands the Genius Foods plan, which focused on nutrition and how it affects brain health, and expands it to encompass a full lifestyle protocol.

In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

In a fascinating tour of creativity and the brain, Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the winner of the National Medal of Science, explores how the human brain achieves creative breakthroughs--in art, literature, music, and science--the role of genes and environment, extraordinary creativity vs. ordinary creativity, and the question of genius and insanity.

The remarkable story of an ordinary man who was transformed when a traumatic injury left him with an extraordinary gift. No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Yet Padgett wasn’t born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works.

We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play.

THE Beginner's Guide to Nootropics Nootropics: Everything You Need To Know About Brain Enhancing Supplements is a book about Nootropics and all surrounding information that one would need to know about before deciding to take them or even considering buying them. There are a lot of misconceptions and myths surrounding nootropics and many of them, if left uncorrected, could lead to harmful effects on the user. This book details the components of nootropics as well as their modes of action on the body and of course, the mind. This book also lists a few of the most widely used nootropics in ...

Many of us think of the arts as entertainment - a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross show how activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture and more are essential to our lives. We're on the verge of a cultural shift in which the arts can deliver potent, accessible and proven solutions for the well-being of everyone.