Spark : the revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain
Title:
Spark : the revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Discusses how exercise improves one's capacity to learn and handle stress, anxiety, depression, attention deficit, addiction, hormonal changes, and aging.
Other Title:
Exercise and the brain
Year Published:
2008
Physical Description:
ix, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction: making the connection -- Welcome to the revolution: a case study on exercise and the brain -- Learning: grow your brain cells -- Stress: the greatest challenge -- Anxiety: nothing to panic about -- Depression: move your mood -- Attention deficit: running from distraction -- Addiction: reclaiming the biology of self-control -- Hormonal changes: the impact on women's brain health -- Aging: the wise way -- The regimen: build your brain -- Afterword: fanning the flames.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780316113502
Publisher:
New York : Little, Brown, 2008.
