Spark Spark

Spark

The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Health, Mind & Body
RELEASED
2008
January 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown and Company
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

News junky 5 ,

Spark definitely inspires

Ratey's book is well-written and informative. He balances a nice tone of story-telling with facts and science. I recommend this book to all Educators who need to see the role of regular exercise within any good school program.

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Life changing book

Buying a copy of this book + a heart rate monitor for whoever will listen

ChiroDocSTM ,

A Necessary Read

This book opened my eyes to the benefits of exercise and it’s correlation to improving learning as well as deterring many of the mental obstacles plaguing todays society.

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