The Real Happy Pill: Power Up Your Brain by Moving Your BodyIs there a foolproof way to reduce stress and anxiety while you boost your memory? Raise your IQ even as you slow down the aging process? Become more creative and train your ability to focus at the same time? The answer is simple: Move! Modern neuroscience and research has shown, more than ever, that physical exercise has extraordinary effects on our cognition. Physical activity, more so than Sudoku or crossword puzzles, optimizes our mental abilities and health in a way unparalleled by any drug, medication, or food supplement. And exercise doesn’t just enhance your health, energy and mood levels, and cognitive abilities. You will also learn: With practical and concrete advice for the layman on how to reap these benefits, as well as neuroscientific research from the last five years broken down to accessible findings, The Real Happy Pill urges you to train your body and mind for a whole-body upgrade, and start to move! |
Contents
FOREWORDExercise your brain | |
Your changeable brain | |
Run away from stress | |
Improved concentration | |
The real happy pill | |
Jog your memory | |
Train yourself to be creative | |
The growing brain | |
Healthy aging of the brain | |
The Stone Age brain in the digital | |
The right prescription for the brain | |
AFTERWORD | |
MINI GLOSSARY | |
REFERENCES | |
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The Real Happy Pill: Power Up Your Brain by Moving Your Body Anders Hansen No preview available - 2017 |
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