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Spark

The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by Eric Hagerman
John J. Ratey
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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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  • Release date

    January 10, 2008

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9780316138932

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780316028356

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780316028356
      • File size: 827 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      October 15, 2007
      Ratey (psychiatry, Harvard Medical Sch.; "A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain") presents much of the hard science documenting how the brain works and how exercise stimulates and strengthens neurochemical brain functions. Ratey aims to "deliver in plain English the inspiring science connecting exercise and the brain and demonstrate how it plays out in the lives of real people." He intersperses some lackluster, brief personal narratives with the latest brain research supporting the thesis that exercise throughout one's life stimulates neurogenesis, or the formation of new brain cells. Exercise, in addition to maintaining muscle tone and cardiovascular health, is thus "simply one of the best treatments we have for most psychiatric problems," helping to beat stress, panic attacks, and anxiety; sharpen intellect and cognitive skills; and combat the effects of aging and such related mental disorders as Alzheimer's. The book is especially useful as a layperson's guide to the brain and its neurochemistry; recommended for consumer health collections. (Glossary not seen.) [See Prepub Alert, "LJ" 9/15/07.]James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • Kindle Book
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  • English

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