Book Description
Building Mental Muscle is one of the most stimulating books ever written about how the brain works and how you can maintain, even increase, your own mental ability. It will help you develop skills in six important areas:
* Memory * Emotions * Language * Math * Visualization * Executive Planning & Social Interaction
The authors have distilled the latest findings in brain research into fascinating short reports accessible to all readers, adding exercises and self-tests designed to stimulate the cells in different brain zones. A skill used in one domain can cross over into another: For example, when you learn the pattern of number intervals in mathematics, you may perceive a pattern of musical intervals for the first time, and thus enjoy music even more. The exercises and puzzles are intriguing challenges; the self-tests offer many opportunities to rate your social intelligence, take your personality inventory, and gauge working memory.
For anyone interested in self-improvement and in how the brain really works, Building Mental Muscle is essential reading.
Some of the research findings in Building Mental Muscle include:
* The simple lifestyle changes that can boost the rate at which your brain grows neurons to keep your memory sharp
* Ways to trick your emotional brain into storing new information permanently and how to retrieve it from memory when needed
* How women's and men's brains process information differently
* How brains respond to stress, solve problems, recognize faces, and handle fear
* The discovery of a hitherto unknown class of receptor cells in your eyes that your brain uses to set its own internal clock
* How to change your mood without drugs or therapy
* What you can do to combat or even reverse the gradual decline of cognitive skills as you age
Your doctor may not have read about some of the research findings in this book.
Customer Reviews:
Read this if you are stressed or afraid of Alzheimers.......2007-09-02
(Sorry about spelling etc,.. I'm from norway. Age 44. Male. BsC.)
This book was a interesting surprise to mee. I thought I was going to read about psychology (I was right there), and that maybe it could give me a clue to improve my poor memory (It did).
But what's realy stuck in me after reading this bokk (I skipped all the exercises), is the relation between stress and deseases like alzheimers.
If you want to have many years of good living ahead, the first half of this book is realy worth while.
Other parts (second half) are just stating what humanity knows this far about how hearing and vision works, and could be of interest to someone who have not read any pshychology before, but the fact is, we still don't know how our brain works, so not practically usefull for living a better life, like the first half was.
I hope this was a alternative view to some of the other reviews :-)
Entertaining and educational.......2007-05-17
This a really user-friendly guide to increasing your brain power. I suppose some might prefer something a little more scientifically in depth, but this is an easy read with lots of fun, challenging games. Try this for the kids: Power Brain Kids
Recommended.......2006-11-21
Medical professionals and also anyone interested in the brain/intelligence will certainly benefit from this book. For the beginner, it is an invaluable starting point to a lifestyle, if one so chooses to undertake it, of "neuro-fitness". It is also just an interesting book to read, with medical terms that may get heavy, but are explained in full for the laymen. For the professional, it is an interesting layout of research and ideas which may apply to better yourself, your children, or maybe even your patients, if that applies to your field.
I am not saying it is the best book of all time, but it is worth the money and a weekend to read and digest it.
Building Mental Muscle: Conditioning Exercises by Gamon et........2005-04-17
This is one of the few books on the market which aims to
sharpen intellectual skills. The author gives the reader an
important portal into how people learn and retain information.
For instance, the authors teach us how to learn by excluding
all other information from consideration while in deep concentration. Protein synthesis occurs with long term learning
wherein events may be emotionally charged in order to retain
them permanently. The conscious recognition of facts is different
from the unconscious recognition of facts. Memory may sharpen
with practice and by association with key words/phrases or
attributes. For instance, associate Mr. Green's green shirt
with Mr. Green. Sometimes name recollection can have associative
aspects. The work even has religious sayings.
For instance, Proverbs 17:22 states that " A cheerful head
is good medicine. "
This book won't make you smarter; however, it will assist in
utilizing your intelligence in a more organized/rational manner.
The author's presentation can benefit by organizing study
sessions rationally so that material can be recalled by a simple
collection of associations.
I can only agree ..........2004-12-19
With the reviewer from April 6, 2004.
This is exactly what this book is. A sort of guide to how the brain works, with some "exercises" thoughtlessly thrown in when the authors remembered that it's supossed to be a book on "Building Mental Muscle."
I, too, am surprised at all the 5-star reviews. I wouldn't throw the book away, though; I'd say you can glean some pretty interesting information from it.
Book Description
WHEN A HUSBAND'S LIE....Attorney Brady Coyne has found his bar buddy Mick Fallon-former Detroit Pistons' star-brooding in his beer. His wife Kaye's just stunned him with a file for divorce, and she's taking him for everything. What Mick needs is a weapon like Brady to fight back. What Brady needs first is for Mick to come clean about his troubled marriage.BETRAYS A WIFE'S SECRET....What's no mystery is Mick's hair-trigger temper and gambling habit that's left him deep in debt to a local mobster. It's the third strike against him that's the eye-opener-Kaye's sudden brutal murder. With a motive that could hang him and an alibi nobody believes, Mick looks as guilty as sin-especially after he disappears.ONLY MURDER CAN REVEAL THE TRUTH.Now Brady's left to defend a man wanted for murder and on the run from his secrets. But it's Brady's investigation into Kaye's private life that yields the most surprising secrets of all. As each one unfolds they bring Brady closer to the truth about the crimes of the heart that could claim one more life before they're exposed....
Customer Reviews:
A mediocre whodunnit with a predictable ending.......2005-07-27
Tapply is a competent writer a notch or two below Robert Parker and by no means "the best in the field," as some reviewers have claimed (in my opinion, that honor goes to either James Lee Burke or Elmore Leonard). In this novel, the lawyer Brady Coyne takes many chapters to solve a mystery (the death of a client's wife)which the average reader likely solved immediately. Despite Tapply's attempts to "flesh out" minor characters, they nevertheless seem flat and stereotyped, such as the ruthless gangster Russo and his henchmen. The novel's best feature: a helluva good genie joke somewhere near the middle.
Another Brady Coyne Winner.......2000-10-25
William G. Tapply is one of the best writers out there today. His series character, lawyer Brady Coyne, is back with another case. Brady is asked by his friend, former NBA player Mick Fallon to help him fight a divorce which his wife Kaye wants. When Kaye is found murdered, Mick is the likely suspect. Brady's investigation turns up things in Kaye's life that are contrary to what most people believe about her. Tapply does a super job in drawing the character of Mick Fallon, who has a quick temper and a gambling problem. The plot is strong, as usual. This, the 16th Brady Coyne novel, is one of the best in the series.
Five stars isn't enough!.......1999-10-26
I loved this book. Tapply's writing is, as usual, impeccable. The story pulled me in and didn't let go until I, reluctantly, came to the last page wishing the next two or three Brady Coynes were miraculously out on the shelves.
Excellent mystery!!!.......1999-10-23
If William G. Tapply's books were published in paperback, they'd be flying off the bookshelves. Why aren't they??? Every Brady Coyne novel I've read has been a thrilling adventure. Read any one of them (this one included). You won't be disappointed.
Best Tapply yet.......1999-08-16
I've read all of the William Tapply's Brady Coyne mystery novels, but this is the best. Fast paced but very credible, very realistic and plausible, but still a zinger ending. Certain to be a long-time favorite. If you haven't yet read any of Tapply's books, start with this.
Book Description
Presenting everything you need to successfully design, build, and operate devices with Muscle Wires - amazing nickel-titanium filaments that actually contract when electrically powered and lift thousands of times their own weight.
Topics include: Basic lever action, ratchets and latches, model railroad crossing, AC power circuit, solar power circuit, paper airplane launcher, life-like butterfly, rubber tube “flexi”, proportional control, radio control interface, programmable multiple wire controller & serial port interface, PC parallel port interface and much more. Boris the six-legged motorless miniature walking machine.
EXPLORE - Get the facts behind the unusual properties of Muscle Wires. Study their uses in heat engines, industrial, medical and aerospace applications, electronic and mechanical devices, prosthetic limbs, robotics, virtual reality systems, products and more.
LEARN - Get the essential Dos and Don'ts of designing, constructing and powering Muscle Wires devices. Take best advantage of their small sizes and amazing strengths. Discover essential tricks and secrets to getting maximum performance and lifetimes from your applications.
BUILD - Create dozens of devices from simple levers to multi- action robots. Get detailed instructions for fifteen hands-on projects (from simple lever mechanisms, to Boris, the six legged motorless walking machine), plus sources for wires, materials, electronic components, and software. Develop your own Muscle Wire projects for:
* Model Railroads * Custom Electronic Devices
* Science Fair Projects * Radio Control Vehicles
* Computer-controlled Systems * Animated Models
* Ultra-small Machines & Robots * Movie Effects
A complete and concise reference guide for engineers, designers, experimenters, students, and anyone interested in motorless Muscle Wire motion! Ages 10 and up. Soft cover, 128 pages.
Customer Reviews:
Good for kids...ONLY! (but informative).......2003-01-25
Well, it may be good for kids under 12 years old, or for any kids who need more detailed and organized info on muscle wire. If you want to make a project, then just buy the muscle wire only, not the book.
Review #1.......2001-01-09
Boris is an exciting, fully controllable, and low cost robot that is featured in the Muscle Wires Project Book. It moves with an amazingly smooth and lifelike action, taking steps about one centimeter long and one centimeter high. Boris' simple design uses eight separate Muscle Wires to create all motions; one to make the forward/backward motion on each of the legs, and two wires for lifting alternating legs with each step. Build Boris from piano wire, balsa wood or foam core and plastic sheet. Connect Boris to an interface circuit that accepts signals from your PC's printer port, then operate it from the computer's keyboard!
The Muscle Wires Project Book is more than just an instruction manual for building Boris. Other topics include: Basic lever action, ratchets and latches, model railroad crossing, AC power circuit, solar power circuit, paper airplane launcher, life-like butterfly, rubber tube "flexi", proportional control, radio control interface, programmable multiple wire controller & serial port interface, PC parallel port interface and much more.
BORIS: Length: 13.5 cm Height: 4.5 cm Weight: 30 grams Power & Drive: - Eight 100 µm dia. Muscle Wires (50 centimeters total). - 6 volts, 500 milliamp max. - Full software control via PC parallel printer port.
Get the facts behind the unusual properties of Muscle Wires. Study their uses in heat engines, industrial, medical and aerospace applications, electronic and mechanical devices, prosthetic limbs, robotics, virtual reality systems, and more.
Get the essential Do's and Don'ts of designing, constructing and powering Muscle Wires devices. Take best advantage of their small sizes and amazing strengths. Discover essential tricks and secrets to getting maximum performance from your projects.
Create dozens of devices from simple levers to multi-action robots. Get detailed instructions for fifteen hands-on projects (from simple lever mechanisms, to Boris, the six legged motorless walking machine), plus sources for wires, materials, electronic components, and software. Develop your own Muscle Wire projects for Model Railroads, Custom Electronic Devices, Science Fair Projects, Radio Control Vehicles, Computer-Controlled Systems, Animated Models, and Ultra-Small Machines & Robots.
"If you're interested in lightweight robot muscles, check this book out immediately!" Robot Explorer Newsletter
"A comprehensive, practical and clearly written user's manual." Computer Craft Magazine
Includes the award winning Muscle Wire Project Book, plus Flexinol 050, 100 and 150, plus crimps and instructions. The wire, plus a few other readily available materials, are all you need to build all 15 projects in the book including Boris the motorless walking machine. An ideal starter package for engineers, students and experimenters of all ages.
Muscle Wires Project Book.......2000-07-28
This is a very good book for students or for those who are just learning the practical applications of nitinol wire. Much of the information is intended to steer you away from the common mistakes (and bad habits) made by novices.
Book Description
Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California is known as the birthplace of the physical-fitness boom of the twentieth century. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was the trendsetting spot where Steve Reeves, Jack LaLanne, the Tanny Brothers, and Joe Gold built their bodies, as well as their reputations.
With first-hand experience in the world of hard bodies, Harold Zinkin (the first Mr. California as well as inventor of the Universal Gym Machine) tells the story of Muscle Beach and the people who worked out on its sand. He shares not only the stories of Hollywood celebrities who frequented Muscle Beach-including Mae West, Jane Russel, Jayne Mansfield, and Kirk Douglas-but also provides an insider's account and photographic view of how this small strip of sand became a haven for the health-conscious and bodies beautiful.
Customer Reviews:
The story behind the story.......2006-01-14
My dear father is now 86-years-old and his memory has grown weaker with age. I try to visit him frequently as I know his time on this earth is drawing to a close. One night, he started talking about his memories of his family home at 213 14th Street in Santa Monica. He told me that he and his twin brother Ed Fuller would go down to the Santa Monica Beach and hang out.
My father was a very handsome man in his youth and very strong. He and Ed began working out on the beach and one day, the Lifeguard down at the beach referred to them as "The Muscle Twins."
Before long, more men and women started joining their little mini-fitness craze and lifting weights on the beach. Sometimes, their antics would draw quite a crowd. My father and his brother would get very competitive and see who could lift the most weight.
As my father told this story, I grabbed a pen and started making notes. He mentioned several names, including "Pudge Stockton" and more. I scribbled away as he talked. I had my doubts. After all, my 86-year-old father was telling me that he and his brother Ed started the phenomenon known as "Muscle Beach"?
As a surprise, I ordered THIS book for my father and when it arrived, I read the first few pages and found the same names my father had mentioned. My father's joy at receiving this tome was beyond words. He read it over and over and over again, saying, "Yep, there's Pudge and there's Bruce..."
So what do I think of this book? I loved it. Loved the vintage photos and the concise information and the easy-breezy layout.
Most of all, I rejoiced at my father's delight as he fondly turned the pages, rekindling old memories of a happy time long ago on a beach at the end of Santa Monica Blvd.
Rose Fuller Thornton
daughter of one of the original "Muscle Twins"
gentlebeam@hotmail.com
Fills in some 'blanks'.......2004-09-25
`Memories" will provide the reader with some great historical photos and interesting tib-bits about some of the original muscle beach participants. Like the author says, it was a sub culture at a specific local during a specific period. Therefore, if you're looking for a general documentary on the more recent origins of acrobatics and bodybuilding, this book might not be for you.
However, if you just happen to be somewhat familiar with Santa Monica's `muscle beach' (other reviewers) then you can probably gleam quite a bit of information and enjoyment from the presentation. Personally, I spent the better part of my weekends, especially Sundays during 1962 and 1963 at Santa Monia famous beach area, honing my gymnastics skills, the fun ones, not necessarily the competitive ones and it definitely was a cultural thing as described by Zenkin. Where I enjoy the reading and photos was finding out about the period before I had ever heard of muscle beach. Ironically, I discovered MB by reading `Modern Gymnast' by Glenn Sunby who was one of the originals mentioned throughout Zenkin's book
I guess what it really comes down to, if you have a desire to know more about the history of an interest like acrobatics, gymnastics or bodybuilding. Zenkins book will fill in some of the blanks, especially if you're an early `baby boomer' like myself. Old enough to remember when the circus came to town, when great performers were watched in ah like people today observe the current generation of extreme athletics. The only difference was in those days; acrobatic tricks were performed with a different set of props. Today, Cirque de Soleil, is a testament that acrobatics is still an endearing form of family entertainment and not dead by any means, but IM afraid that for the good old USA, its not the same either.
Flawed but Valuable Historical Document.......2000-04-18
While enjoying the great photos and reading about the amazing characters and individuals who pioneered physical culture in the 1930's and 1940's at muscle beach, I found the book to be a little unstructured and would have preferred to read more about how muscle beach developed, the impact it had, and the local politics and changes from the 1950's to today.
The book tended to be just a series of character portraits (wonderful as they were) but is obviously a valuable historical artifact as these pioneers of fitness are now fading from our 21st century view.
I may be wrong, but from a European perspective muscle beach has always meant bodybuilders and the focus in the book was more on acrobats/gymnasts. My own recollection of first hearing of muscle beach was as a teenager seeing Arnold in the weights compound area in 'Pumping Iron' - a period that post dates all of this book.
What I learned reading this book is that muscle beach now only exists as a concept being, as it was, close to where Golds and World gym are now.
Loved It !.......2000-01-25
I got my copy of the book, went home and read it cover to cover that night. It brought lots of memories of Muscle Beach. I put faces to the names that I have heard since I was a kid visiting my Uncles Russ and Ray Saunders and family friend Paula Boelsems. They used to toss us around in the 50's and 60's at Muscle Beach. For all these years I have heard the names mentioned in "Remembering Muscle Beach" and now I can put faces to the names. Even now visiting with Russ Saunders I hear the names repeated over and over. Muscle Beach was such a huge part of all these people's lives. It moulded their careers and their leisure time for their whole life. It will give you a good picture of what life was like in Santa Monica. The early years of Hollywood stunts and the movie industry came directly from the regulars at Muscle Beach. Even if you don't personally know the people in this book, you will recognize at least some of the names. What a great documentation of this era of Muscle Beach. PS I somehow think I might be related to the other reviewer!
Childhood Memories.......1999-06-22
It is with much anticipation that I wait for the release of this book. As a child in the 50s and 60s,visiting from my home in Canada, I spent many Sunday afternoons with the folks at Muscle Beach. My uncles Russ and Ray Saunders and good family friend Paula Boelsems were some of the original muslcle beach folks and they are on the cover of this book. The acrobatics that were taught to us kids was great fun. They always put on a wonderful show. Some of these folks (including my uncles) were stunt people in the movies and went on to become world class gymnastic judges. They contributed a great deal to the Pier and it became a way of life for a lot of us. As a kid I remember eating too many corn dogs and drinking too much lemonaide, from the stand beside the grass in front of the lifeguard building, before being tossed in the air from the teetor board by Uncle Russ. You can guess what happened. Buy the book and bring back some memories of a simpler time in Santa Monica.
Amazon.com
Marjorie Jaffe, a fitness instructor to an upscale clientele in New York City, has narrowed the entire fitness thing down to 10 exercises, which can be performed in just 15 minutes a day. Her goal is postural: to help hard-working women keep their chests high, waists narrow, backs properly aligned and necks long, thus avoiding the sags and droops of impending middle age. The exercises are interesting and somewhat complex, with an emphasis on concentration and muscle control, rather than pumping up or feeling the burn.
Book Description
The fifteen-minute workout that's all you need all day.
Customer Reviews:
A Refreshing Antidote to "No Pain, No Gain".......2000-01-04
Marjorie Jaffe has been the best-kept secret among Manhattan's trim set for years and this book reveals why. Her method, which started as a way to help people with bad backs, really works! Who knew that basically rolling around on the floor for an hour could make you feel and look so great? The book is easy to follow and once you master her simple technique you can do this for life.
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How to Think: Building Your Mental Muscle
Stephen Reid
Manufacturer: Financial Times Management
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description
In a fast and complex world, we can't work any harder so we have to work smarter. The ability to think clearly, quickly and creatively is crucial, yet many of us don't realize how limited our thinking is. We spend years in education learning what to think, but virtually no time at all learning how. This is the book that explains how to think, presenting a range of thinking tools and techniques to improve the quality and range of thinking, using everyday examples in work and life to highlight key points.
This book is the mind-gym to work out every mental muscle and give you real mind power. And improving the quality of your thinking will improve the quality of your life - at work and home. How to Think offers immediate and positive benefits for anybody who wants to - be more of an 'ideas person' or a problem solver, innovate and be comfortable with constant change, improve personal and working relationships, find ways of dealing with complex information, get the big picture or plan for the future, cope better in the face of information overload, make quicker decisions and feel happy about making choices. This book presents a range of simple, practical steps and a variety of thinking tools for understanding how you think and discovering ways to think differently.
Customer Reviews:
Reid Uncorks the Genie.......2003-09-16
In this almost painfully meticulous book, Reid argues that most of the time we, humans are running on 'auto-pilot', just going through the motions and not really thinking to our real potential. Going from common perception to right brain thinking, Reid presents a wide array of exercises that can prep the mind for more active thinking. Definitely worth your attention!
Product Description
The present book is complied from the first chapter of volume eighteen of Pt.Shriram Sharma Acharya Vangmaya series. It introduces neuro scientific, psychological and spiritual aspects of human brain and mind. Bioelectrical activities of the neuro-synaptic connections between million billions of neurons, information processing through the nervous system and the neuronal network and the mechanism of storage and retrieval of memory are discussed here along with the anatomy of the human brain and psychological depths of human mind. Major sections of this book deal with detailed analysis of the endocrine system and interrelationship of hormonal secretions and physiological, biochemical, mental and emotional variations.The book also offers scientifically argued, lucid answers to some of our natural inquisitiveness concerning What are the functional centers in the brain, which might be responsible for exceptional memory ?. Hope it would inspire us to move deeper in the depths of the esoteric treasure bestowed by the Supreme Consciousness on our brain.
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