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Summary: What neurobic exercises have to offer
Review: Keep Your Brain AliveWHAT THIS BOOK HAS TO OFFER We feel this book offers anyone who fears that their mental strength and flexibility will seriously fade as they grow older the chance to take some control over the process. In just the same way that you can exercise your body with aerobics and cross training to fight off the effects of physical aging, you can use neurobic exercises to keep your mind stronger for longer. The exercises are scientifically based on the latest research from leading neurobiology labs around the world including Larry Katz' own research in the Dept. of Neurobiology lab at the Duke University Medical Center. The exercises are deceptively simple but if done on a regular basis as part of everyday activities they will help keep your mind fit to meet any challenge whether it's remembering a name or where you left the car keys, to mastering a new computer program or staying creative in your work. The exercises use your five senses in unexpected ways that shake up your daily routines. It's not at all like having to sit down with paper and pencil to do what can be an intimidating puzzle or word game. Neurobics have been developed to be easy, fun and offbeat. But like any form of exercise they have to be done with some regularity to be effective. How and why they work is explained in the book. We have a web site about neurobics. If you have questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you.
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Summary: Over simplistic - Brain Building 101
Review: Someone is cashing in on baby-boomer paranoia. While twenty-five thousand genetic engineers in Cuba are on the verge of discovering a "smart pill" for the rest of the world, Katz has us walking through dark rooms. Read a book a month from Amazon and work the daily cryptoquote puzzles. It will be more effective.
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Summary: Pure hot air!
Review: The audacity of Dr. Katz is quite surprising. As a scientist he is well aware that the mjority of the claims made are unfounded. It is quite disappointing that to earn a few dollars Dr. Katz betrays the scientific community. What a shame!
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Summary: My new brain thanks you
Review: The book is extraordinarily helpful and downright encouraging. It confirms the perfectly logical premise that your brain can be stimulated, exercised and encouraged to grow and develop regardless of your age. I found that it was helpful just being aware of the need for mental stimulation. The book made me look at "everyday" activities in a new light. I wanted to find new ways of doing routine chores. Does that make the neurons grow? I don't know. But it was fun and stimulating to try. Kudos to Rubin and Katz.
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Summary: The recognized authority
Review: The exercises these guys recommend are becoming more widely accepted as specific tactics for reducing the risk of Alzheimer's .... They are straightforward and enjoyable.
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Summary: Ridiculous
Review: The suggested exercises range from the irritating to the absurd. Katz is selling to an audience that is paranoid about their cognitive abilities but too lazy to do anything constructive about it, e.g. reading novels, learning languages, traveling to interesting places. He is a swindler, irresponsibly and knowingly selling his audience quackery.
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Summary: Adequate, but be careful
Review: This book contains some exercises which might be good for one's brain. However, I did not notice any improvement. Furthermore, some of the exercises he suggests are not helpful, and I found them in fact to hinder my own brain's functioning. I refer to the suggestion that using one's non-dominant hand could be beneficial to one's brain. This may be true in some cases, but I strongly suggest not to use one's non-dominant hand to write, because this can result in the development of a stutter. It is well known that when children are forced to change their writing hand it can have negative effects. I don't think the author specifically suggested experimenting with changing one's writing hand however, he did not recommend against this course, which is why I am writing this now. A much better book for improving one's brain is "The Einstein Factor" by Win Wenger.
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Summary: Adequate, but be careful
Review: This book contains some exercises which might be good for one's brain. However, I did not notice any improvement. Furthermore, some of the exercises he suggests are not helpful, and I found them in fact to hinder my own brain's functioning. I refer to the suggestion that using one's non-dominant hand could be beneficial to one's brain. This may be true in some cases, but I strongly suggest not to use one's non-dominant hand to write, because this can result in the development of a stutter. It is well known that when children are forced to change their writing hand it can have negative effects. I don't think the author specifically suggested experimenting with changing one's writing hand however, he did not recommend against this course, which is why I am writing this now. A much better book for improving one's brain is "The Einstein Factor" by Win Wenger.
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Summary: Keep Your Brain Alive
Review: This book is obviously light-hearted and fun-filled. It seems intended for those minds who enjoy little differences in their daily life and seek cheap treats. I recommend it to anyone who is intrigued by light fun and capable of appreciating it. If you do not like fun and feel that proposed fun like this ought to be backed by experiments involving the exercises that strongly suggest a correlation between improvement of cognitive performance and the exercise then this book ought to be avoided by you.
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Summary: Read the whole book, don't skip around. Great Book!
Review: This is a great book. One thing I must say is that you must read the whole thing. The first time I read it I skipped to the exercises and missed the whole point of the book. One day I picked up the book and read it from the beginning. It was like reading a completely different book then when I started in the middle. The reviewer that said it didn't cover different types of thought probably skipped the beginning since he thought it was just a collection of exercises. This book helps you to develop different parts of your brain by challenging your brain. When you do routine tasks your brian is barely working, your cerebral cortex isn't even "plugged in". This books helps to strengthen your brain. I just bought 5 copies as gifts. I only wish I had read this book at 30 (I've only just turned 40). If I had been using this for ten years I couldn't even imagine (even with my new brain) where I might be now.
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