A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain | John J. Ratey | Excellent material

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	A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain John J. Ratey Vintage, 2002 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 38 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A must

This books explains with simple words things we all should know, since knowing them would allow us to live a more productive and enjoyable life.

The real-life examples are very illustrating.

Little cons: illustrations are very technical, and sometimes the text gets hard to read due to the increase in the rate of technical words -referring to brain's parts- per paragraph.

The cons are so little that they do not affect the overall quality of the book.

Highly recommended even if you are not interested in how the brain works.

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Excellent material

This is by far one of the best books i have read in my life, it explains everything so easy that you actually understand what is going on inside your head. it has many real cases that show the application of what he just told you. if you are thinking to buy this book, dont think, just buy it.

Dr. Ratey is Under Rated

This co-author of Dr. Edward Hallowell's book is under rated to say the least. This book written in every day language explains the workings of the brain that are useful to the lay-person and professional alike. Dr. Ratey explains his points with helpful analogies and illustrations. . Written for audiences intermediate-level of information, yet can be comprehended by even the novice. This book provides a much needed balance to information on the workings of the human mind.

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Gave me hope

For a person with developmental disorders that resulted in psychological problems, this book has been a relief and hope.
I thank J.Ratey for his contribution.
I've also read Shadow Syndromes, and liked it very much.

Interesting and informative

This book is a fascinating insight into how the brain is elastic and its constant need to be stimulated. Unfortunately the author probably left out some important details on recent scientific discoveries in terms of how our brains can be further nurtured.
An example of this is no mention of the Omega 3 nutrient which scientifically has been documented as being an essential fatty acid for the brain from the beginning of our lives to the end. The notion that eating fish is brain food has been around for centuries.

There also have been other interesting studies done such as the stimulation of the brain during pregnancy and the fact that child bearing mothers have a dramatic increase in their IQ after giving birth, probably as a natural defense mechanism.

Although the author touches on the relationship between exercise and healthy brain function, in my opinion there could have been more data included.

However this was a very intriguing book, and very hard to put down. It's nice to see a that finally an extensive book on the brain has been published.

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