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Optimizing Brain Fitness
Richard Restak, M.D.
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Richard Restak, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
The George Washington University School
of Medicine and Health Sciences
of Neurology at The George Washington
University School of Medicine and Health
Sciences. He also maintains an active private
practice in neurology and neuropsychiatry in
Washington DC.
A graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Restak
completed his postgraduate training at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York
City, psychiatric training at Georgetown University Hospital, and a residency
in neurology at The George Washington University Hospital.
Dr. Restak has written 20 books on the human brain, 2 of which were
bestsellers and 4 of which were chosen as Main Selections of the Book-of-
the-Month Club. He has penned dozens of articles for national newspapers,
including
The
Washington Post
,
The New York Times
,
Los Angeles Times
,
and
USA Today
. He has contributed brain- and neuroscience-related entries
for
World Book Encyclopedia
,
Compton’s Encyclopedia
,
Encyclopedia
Britannica
, and
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
.
Dr. Restak has been elected to fellowship in the American Psychiatric
Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American
Neuropsychiatric Association. He served as president of the American
Neuropsychiatric Association from 2005 to 2007. In 1992, the Chicago
Neurosurgical Center awarded him the Decade of the Brain Award. In
1995, he received the Linacre Medal conferred by Georgetown University
Medical School.
Dr. Restak’s consulting appointments have included the Weill Music Institute
at Carnegie Hall; the Franklin Institute Science Museum of Philadelphia;
i
P
rofessor Richard Restak is Clinical Professor
the the Of¿ ce of Interdisciplinary Studies, Smithsonian Institution; and
the Advisory Panel, U.S. Congress Of¿ ce of Technology Assessment. He
has served on the Board of Advisors for the School of Philosophy at The
Catholic University of America and was a member of the Board of Trustees
at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University.
Dr. Restak has lectured regularly at the Smithsonian Associates. He has
also delivered lectures at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City; the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the National Academies; the Library
of Congress; the Brookings Institute; the 92
nd
Street Y in New York City; the
National Security Agency; the Center for International and Security Studies
at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy; the Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory; the New York Academy of Sciences;
the Philosophical Society of Washington; the FBI Academy; the Chautauqua
Institute; the Franklin Institute Science Museum of Philadelphia; The Cooper
Union; the National War College; the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center;
the Society of Statesmen; the National Cryptologic School at the National
Security Agency; and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Along with national and international lectures, Dr. Restak has presented
commentaries for
Morning Edition
and
All Things Considered
on National
Public Radio and has appeared on the
TODAY
show,
Good Morning America
,
the Discovery Channel, and the
PBS NewsHour
. Ŷ
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Professor Biography ............................................................................ i
Course Scope.....................................................................................1
LECTURE GUIDES
LECTURE 1
How Your Brain Works........................................................................4
LECTURE 2
How Your Brain Changes ...................................................................8
LECTURE 3
Care and Feeding of the Brain .........................................................12
LECTURE 4
Creativity and the Playful Brain ........................................................16
LECTURE 5
Focusing Your Attention ...................................................................20
LECTURE 6
Enhancing Your Memory ..................................................................24
LECTURE 7
Exercising Your Working Memory.....................................................28
LECTURE 8
Putting Your Senses to Work............................................................31
LECTURE 9
Enlisting Your Emotional Memory.....................................................34
LECTURE 10
Practicing for Peak Performance......................................................37
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