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Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance

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9781594484438 | Riverhead Books, February 23, 2010, cover price $16.00

Brain: The Complete Mind, How it Develops, How it Works, and How to Keep it Sharp

Product Description: Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both body and mind in good shape? Delving into the science behind these strategies, Brain goes even deeper to reveal the brain’s inner workings...read more

By Richard M. Restak (foreword by) and Michael S. Sweeney

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9781426205477 | Natl Geographic Society, November 17, 2009, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain?

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential

Integrating the latest research into brain science and psychology, the author introduces a program for enhancing one's cognitive abilities, organizing thoughts and ideas, strengthening sensory capacities, and developing emotional memory.

By Richard M. Restak

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Hardcover:

9780609604458 | 1st edition (Harmony Books, November 1, 2001), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Integrating the latest research into brain science and psychology, the author introduces a program for enhancing one's cognitive abilities, organizing thoughts and ideas, strengthening sensory capacities, and developing emotional memory.

Paperback:

9780609810057 | Reprint edition (Harmony Books, October 1, 2002), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Integrating the latest research into brain science and psychology, the author introduces a program for enhancing one's cognitive abilities, organizing thoughts and ideas, strengthening sensory capacities, and developing memory.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739304983 | Unabridged edition (Random House, June 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Integrating the latest research into brain science and psychology, the author introduces a program for enhancing one's cognitive abilities, organizing thoughts and ideas, strengthening sensory capacities, and developing memory.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780739307366 | Unabridged edition (Random House, June 1, 2003), cover price $25.95

Mysteries of the Mind

A distinguished neurologist and author of The Brain offers a richly illustrated study of the anatomy, capabilities, and emotive aspects of the human brain, organized into five thematic sections that include 'More Than the Sum of Its Parts,' 'Nature versus Nurture,' 'States of Mind,' 'When Things Go Wrong,' and 'Future Directions.' 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Richard M. Restak

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9780792279419 | Natl Geographic Society, October 1, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Offers a study of the anatomy, capabilities, and emotive aspects of the human brain, organized into five thematic sections.

9780792276401 | Natl Geographic Society, October 1, 2000, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: Offers a study of the anatomy, capabilities, and emotive aspects of the human brain, organized into five thematic sections.

Older and Wiser: How to Maintain Peak Mental Ability for As Long As You Live

Packed with specific advice and simple exercises, a groundbreaking guide to the latest scientific research into the effects of aging is designed to help maintain, and increase, brain power at any age. Reprint.

By Richard M. Restak

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9780786214167 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 1998), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Reports on the latest research into the biology of the brain and explains how changes in lifestyle can keep brains healthy and keen

9780684829760 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1997, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Reports on the latest research into the biology of the brain and explains how changes in lifestyle can keep brains healthy and keen

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9780425165867 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, February 1, 1999), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Reports on the latest research into the biology of the brain and explains how changes in lifestyle can keep brains healthy and keen

Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned About the Structure, Function, and Abilities of the Brain

A comprehensive overview of the workings and abilities of the brain covers its structure and components, how it functions consciously and unconsciously, the ways in which brain cells communicate with one another and other parts of the body, and much more. Reprint. AB.

By Richard M. Restak

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9780078686115 | Hyperion Books, October 1, 1995, cover price $19.95 | also contains America's Army: Prima Official Game Guide | About this edition: Offers an accessible survey of what scientists know about the brain, from how brain cells communicate with one another to the relationship between pollution and Alzheimer's disease

9780786861132 | Hyperion Books, August 1, 1995, cover price $19.45 | About this edition: Offers an accessible survey of what scientists know about the brain, from how brain cells communicate with one another to the relationship between pollution and Alzheimer's disease

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9780786881901 | Hyperion Books, October 1, 1996, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Offers an accessible survey of what scientists know about the brain, from how brain cells communicate with one another to the relationship between pollution and Alzheimer's disease

The Modular Brain: How New Discoveries in Neuroscience Are Answering Age-Old Questions About Memory, Free Will, Consciousness, and Personal Identity

Predicts what research may reveal in the next ten years in the field of neuroscience and explains the current modular concept of the brain's organization

By Richard M. Restak

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9780684195445 | Scribner, July 1, 1994, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A neurological expert predicts what research may reveal in the next ten years in the field of neuroscience, explains the current modular concept of the brain's organization, and cites case studies

Paperback:

9780684801261 | Reprint edition (Touchstone Books, August 1, 1995), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Predicts what research may reveal in the next ten years in the field of neuroscience and explains the current modular concept of the brain's organization

Receptors

Documenting new advances in neuroscience technology, an in-depth examination describes the scientific potential to cure mental disorders and alter human personality, and considers the ethics of such manipulations. Reprint.

By Richard M. Restak

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9780553081985 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, April 1, 1994, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Analyzes recent progress in mapping the brain and interpreting the functions of neurotranSmitters, and discusses the implications of such innovations in terms of relieving mental illness and altering personality

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9780553374414 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, April 1, 1995), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Documenting new advances in neuroscience technology, an in-depth examination describes the scientific potential to cure mental disorders and alter human personality, and considers the ethics of such manipulations.

The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own: Insights from a Practicing Neurologist

Product Description: Neurologist and best-selling author Richard Restak puts readers in touch with the latest scientific findings about the most complex and inscrutable object in creation--the human brain. "By all means let Richard Restak take you on this lively journey to the very roots of our being...read more

By Richard M. Restak

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9780517574836 | Harmony Books, November 1, 1991, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The author explores the brain and the mind, reporting the latest discoveries that are answering the most intimately human of scientific questions, and offers anecdotes from his own neurological practice

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781555254360 | Nightingale Conant Corp, December 1, 1991, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Neurologist and best-selling author Richard Restak puts readers in touch with the latest scientific findings about the most complex and inscrutable object in creation--the human brain.

The Mind

Product Description: `The Big Questions` series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. In `The Big Questions: Mind` the explanations behind the `mysteries` of our unique minds - including how they differ from our brains and how they create our awareness - are explored...read more

By Richard M. Restak

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9781780870359, titled "Mind" | Quercus, July 26, 2016, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: `The Big Questions` series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy.

9781569562840 | Braille edition (William a Thomas Braille, February 1, 1992), cover price $64.56

9780553053142 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, October 1, 1988, cover price $9.98 | About this edition: Combining neuroscience and psychology, an in-depth study of the mind's workings examines the brain's functioning and functions, probing such areas as thinking, language, mood, addiction, and the connection between mental and physical well-being

The Brain

This lavishly illustrated companion to the PBS series examines the structure, functions, and mysteries of the human brain, addressing such specifics as consciousness, perception, the subconscious, learning, memory, and brain disorders

By Richard M. Restak

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Hardcover:

9780553050479 | Mti edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, October 1, 1984), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This lavishly illustrated companion to the PBS series examines the structure, functions, and mysteries of the human brain, addressing such specifics as consciousness, perception, the subconscious, learning, memory, and brain disorders

Paperback:

9780553353075 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1991), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: This lavishly illustrated companion to the PBS series examines the structure, functions, and mysteries of the human brain, addressing such specifics as consciousness, perception, the subconscious, learning, memory, and brain disorders

The Infant Mind

The author examines recent discoveries in infant behavioral research, explores the changing attitudes toward what is important for an infant's physical and emotional development, and offers case histories for identifying potential problem areas in infant/parent relationships

By Richard M. Restak

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9780385195317 | Doubleday, October 1, 1986, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The author examines recent discoveries in infant behavioral research, explores the changing attitudes toward what is important for an infant's physical and emotional development, and offers case histories for identifying potential problem areas in infant/parent relationships

Brain: The Last Frontier

A neurologist describes the progress that has been made in the study of the brain and asks searching questions about how the revolutionary new findings will alter man's self-concept, behavior, and attitudes toward society

By Richard M. Restak

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9780385134057 | Doubleday, May 1, 1979, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A neurologist describes the progress that has been made in the study of the brain and asks searching questions about how the revolutionary new findings will alter man's self-concept, behavior, and attitudes toward society

Paperback:

9780446355407 | Reissue edition (Grand Central Pub, June 1, 1986), cover price $5.99

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