Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

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 Ratey, MD embarks upon a fascinating journey through the mind-body connection, illustrating that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, that has put the local 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.

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Surprisingly...Unstuck: Rewire your brain to exercise more, eat right, and truly enjoy doing so.

Most of us wish we ate better. We wish we exercised more. We claim our health is important to us, yet, we don't do the things that we know we need to do.

It's not that we have not tried living healthier - we have. Multiple times. It's just that sooner or later...we drop the new diet and quit the gym. Sticking to healthier routines seems like a never-ending battle.

Some of us are wondering...
- “Why the heck have I failed again and again at sticking to exercise and healthier eating?”

Some of us get baffled with our behavior. For example, even though we like exercise, we cannot make it a routine. We are wondering...

- “Why don’t I do what I want to do?”

Others feel they need to whip themselves into shape. Otherwise, "it would never work". They get started with healthier eating or exercise, and try and try and try, and push some more to make themselves stick to it…

- "Does transitioning to living healthier have to be hard?"

In "Surprisingly...Unstuck" Brilaki combines research on how our brain codes habits with real case studies to explain why people fail again and again at making exercising more and eating right stick, and how to make lasting change actually happen.

The good news? You don't need to whip yourself into shape and, yes, lasting change is actually possible and just a few steps away from you...

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BrainBuilder® Software - A Scientifically Designed Brain Fitness Program [XP, VISTA $ WINDOWS 7]

Keep Your Brain Performing at Its Best! Just like a good physical exercise program is important for a strong, healthy body, so is targeted mental exercise for a strong, healthy brain. By training with BrainBuilder regularly, you will improve your ability to process visual and auditory information allowing you to understand, respond to and remember what you see and hear with greater speed and clarity. The Brain Can Change- Brain plasticity is the brain's natural ability to change itself. The brain has the ability to learn, adapt and grow when presented with the correct stimulation provided with the right frequency, intensity and duration. Scientific evidence demonstrates that engaging brain plasticity based training as provided within BrainBuilder can improve vital brain functions. The exercises in the BrainBuilder program are precisely engineered to stimulate brain plasticity.

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Posit Science Brain Fitness Program for Two People

Exercise is good for your brain: The Posit Science Brain Fitness Program
The Brain Fitness Program was developed by Posit Science, the leading provider of scientifically validated brain fitness products and services. Posit Science works with more than 50 leading scientists globally to create computer programs that give the brain a workout. Proven effective in dozens of published studies, these programs improve memory, increase brain speed, and help people get the most out of life.

Featuring six exercises that speed up and sharpen how the brain processes and remembers speech and other sounds.

Benefits
The IMPACT study--the largest study to examine a widely available brain fitness program--found that the Brain Fitness Program helped older adults:

- Improve memory by 10+ years
- Increase brain processing speed by 131%
- Enhance everyday life by helping users feel more confident and independent

Early research has also found promising results for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, chemobrain, and cognitive symptoms associated with other conditions.

How Does the Program Work?
Posit Science programs exercise the brain and drive physical changes that create new neural pathways and connections. These positive changes can directly improve memory, attention, and other cognitive abilities.

Minimum System Requirements

Windows
Windows 2000, XP Home or Professional, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
At least 256MB RAM (512MB for Vista)
1 GHz or faster processor
x24 CD-ROM or DVD drive
500MB free disk space
Internet access

Mac
Power PC 10.3.9 - 10.4.x
Intel 10.4.x - 10.6.x
Will not run on 10.7.x - 10.8.x
At least 512MB RAM
Combo drive/DVD
1GB free disk space
Headphone jack
Internet access

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