Boost Your Brain - Paperback

by Majid Fotuhi (Author)

The Brain Center in a Book

Have you ever asked yourself: Is my forgetfulness normal? How can I improve my memory? How does the brain work? Dr. Majid Fotuhi reminds you in Boost Your Brain that you can boost your brain's size by generating new neurons and rejuvenating existing ones.

Most people have never learned how to care for their brains but Dr. Fotuhi reminds you that the power to change is within you. If you embrace the opportunity, you can grow your brain. It really is that simple.
Boost Your Brain uses a twelve-week plan to teach you how to:

• Increase brain size and enhance brain function
• Improve memory, creativity, comprehension, and concentration
• Adopt a healthier diet and how your weight might affect your brain
• Overcome stress and depression so it doesn't shrink your brain
• Enhance your problem-solving skills and become more adaptable

With more than 24 illustrations and cutting-edge neuroscience research, Boost Your Brain is easy to understand and the learnings can easily be applied to your life.

Dr. Fotuhi received his MD from Harvard Medical School and his doctoral PhD degree in Neuroscience from John Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has impacted the lives of readers and patients who now experience the benefits of a bigger, better brain.

Front Jacket

The human brain can actually grow--and a bigger brain means better memory, creativity, speed of learning, and ability to concentrate.

In Boost Your Brain, Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D., guides you through the innovative brain fitness program that he has developed for his patients at the NeurExpand Brain Center, an institute dedicated to helping people quickly sharpen their brain performance. You start the program with an assessment of your current brain health and then are given specific brain-fit strategies proven to promote brain acuity and longevity, detailing the latest scientific evidence behind each. Concrete advice is given on how to spur new cell growth, which foods help to build new synapses, what creates brain reserve, and more. Dr. Fotuhi also highlights key behaviors to avoid--explaining, for example, how one common sleep disorder can shrink your brain's memory and attention centers by as much as 18 percent!

Dr. Fotuhi brings together the latest brain science discoveries about neuroplasticity, which show not only that the size of the brain can be increased within a matter of weeks--resulting in better focus, memory, and creativity--but that the increase can be scientifically measured. Boost Your Brain is the only book that uses groundbreaking advances in neuroscience to present a clear explanation and prescriptive plan for how to access the benefits of significantly enhanced brain performance--at any age.

--Barbara S. Slusher, Ph.D., Director, Brain Science Institute NeuroTranslational Program, Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Back Jacket

The human brain can actually grow--and a bigger brain means better memory, creativity, speed of learning, and ability to concentrate.

In Boost Your Brain, Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D., guides you through the innovative brain fitness program that he has developed for his patients at the NeurExpand Brain Center, an institute dedicated to helping people quickly sharpen their brain performance. You start the program with an assessment of your current brain health and then are given specific brain-fit strategies proven to promote brain acuity and longevity, detailing the latest scientific evidence behind each. Concrete advice is given on how to spur new cell growth, which foods help to build new synapses, what creates brain reserve, and more. Dr. Fotuhi also highlights key behaviors to avoid--explaining, for example, how one common sleep disorder can shrink your brain's memory and attention centers by as much as 18 percent!

Dr. Fotuhi brings together the latest brain science discoveries about neuroplasticity, which show not only that the size of the brain can be increased within a matter of weeks--resulting in better focus, memory, and creativity--but that the increase can be scientifically measured. Boost Your Brain is the only book that uses groundbreaking advances in neuroscience to present a clear explanation and prescriptive plan for how to access the benefits of significantly enhanced brain performance--at any age.