The Playful Brain: The Surprising Science of How Puzzles Improve Your Mind
Author(s): Richard M Restak, M.D.
A leading neurosurgeon and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal the fascinating science behind the reasons why puzzles improve brain function. Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, this is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises in developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills.
General Information
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- : Penguin Putnam Inc
- : Riverhead Books,U.S.
- : 0.299
- : 30 November 2011
- : 228mm X 154mm X 17mm
- : United States
- : 01 March 2012
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Richard M Restak, M.D.
- : Paperback / softback
- : 1
- : 612.82
- : 294
- : illustrations
- : illustrations
More About The Product
Richard M. Restak, M.D., is a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and Clinical Professor of Neurology affiliated with the George Washington University Medical Center. He is the author of the bestselling The Brain--a companion to the PBS series of the same name--as well as The Mind, The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own, and The Brain: The Last Frontier. He lives in Washington, D.C..