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Your Brain: The Missing Manual View Larger Image | Matthew MacDonald
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published May 2008, 274 pages, ISBN 0596517785 | List Price: $24.99
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Puzzles and brain twisters to keep your mind sharp and your memory intact are
all the rage today. More and more people -- Baby Boomers and information workers
in particular -- are becoming concerned about their gray matter's ability to function,
and with good reason. As this sensible and entertaining guide points out, your
brain is easily your most important possession. It deserves proper upkeep.
Your Brain: The Missing Manual is a practical look at how to get the
most out of your brain -- not just how the brain works, but how you
can use it more effectively. What makes this book different than the
average self-help guide is that it's grounded in current neuroscience. You get
a quick tour of several aspects of the brain, complete with useful advice about:
- Brain Food: The right fuel for the brain and how the brain commands
hunger (including an explanation of the different chemicals that control appetite
and cravings)
- Sleep: The sleep cycle and circadian rhythm, and how to get a good
night's sleep (or do the best you can without it)
- Memory: Techniques for improving your recall
- Reason: Learning to defeat common sense; logical fallacies (including
tactics for winning arguments); and good reasons for bad prejudices
- Creativity and Problem-Solving: Brainstorming tips and thinking not
outside the box, but about the box -- in other words, find the assumptions
that limit your ideas so you can break through them
- Understanding Other People's Brains: The battle of the sexes and
babies developing brains
Learn about the built-in circuitry that makes office politics seem like a life-or-death
struggle, causes you to toss important facts out of your memory if they're not
emotionally charged, and encourages you to eat huge amounts of high-calorie
snacks. With Your Brain: The Missing Manual you'll discover that, sometimes,
you can learn to compensate for your brain or work around its limitations --
or at least to accept its eccentricities. Exploring your brain is the greatest
adventure and biggest mystery you'll ever face. This guide has exactly the advice
you need.
About the Author
Matthew MacDonald is a developer, author, and educator in all things Visual
Basic and .NET. He's worked with Visual Basic and ASP since their initial versions,
and written over a dozen books on the subject, including The Book of VB .NET
(No Starch Press) and Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly).
He has also written Excel 2007:The Missing Manual, Excel 2007 for Starters:
The Missing Manual, Access 2007:The Missing Manual, and Access 2007 for Starters:
The Missing Manual, all from O'Reilly. His website is www.prosetech.com.
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