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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.76
EAN: 9780316113502
ISBN: 0316113506
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: January 10, 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Sales Rank: 979
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.
Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance.
In SPARK, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), SPARK is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run---or, for that matter, simply the way you think
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Rating: - Grab your gym bag
Finally, someone attempts to describe what's going on in the brain that creates mental/emotional difficulties, and then describes how movement can help remedy these problems. I come from a family of depressive, overanxious, Alzheimer's-prone people with ischemic disease. The first message I picked up is, "It's not your fault. It's the way your brain works (or doesn't work) that causes the depression and anxiety." The second message I got was that it's never too late to start exercising to alleviate ... Read More
Rating: - The interdependence of mental, emotional, and physical health
With Eric Hagerman, John Ratey has written a book in which he explains-- in layman's terms (to the extent that is possible) -- how physical exercise can "supercharge [provide a `spark' to] mental circuits to avoid or overcome stress, sharpen thinking, lift mood, increase memory...and much more." Obviously, these are all highly desirable results to achieve. Alas, many children as well as adults are out of (physical) shape, do not eat properly, and continue under severe stress to meet their obligations. ... Read More
Rating:  - disappointing
The first chapter was exciting but it was downhill from there.I agree with the reviewer who said it would make a good magazine article.Exercise is good for the brain - said over and over - became less and less interesting as the book went on.
Rating: - An Energizing Read ... now for my running shoes
I knew next to nothing about the brain's physiology and less about the physiology's relationship to the rest of the body.While I remain no expert in the realm of neuroscience, I found `Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain' a captivating read.For the novice - meaning me - I learned something about the value of exercise in maintaining, on occasion improving, the health of the brain.Ratey approaches, and grows, his analysis by topic (learning, stress, anxiety, ... , aging).It all ... Read More
Rating: - The right mix of science and practical information
This is a brief for exercise as an element of brain fitness. The author is a Harvard Medical School Professor. There is a lot of science here --any more and I would have been lost. The idea is simply this --we are designed to be moving animals. Our brains are controlled by chemicals which must be kept in balance and cells which must be replensished and grow. Vigorous, regular exercise, like a pill we take every morning but wihtout the side effects, helps manage all of this complexity. We don't know exactly how ... Read More
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