The Playful Brain Paperback by Richard Restak and Scott Kim

Product Details

• Publisher: Riverhead Books (2011-12-06)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 304 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781594485459
• Item Weight: 318.94 grams
• Dimensions: 22.61 x 14.99 x 1.85 cm

This is your brain on puzzles.

Everyone knows that puzzles can improve your brain function. Now a leading neurosurgeon and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal the fascinating science behind it. 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.

About the Author

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..