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DVD video
Author Restak, Richard M., 1942-

Title Optimizing brain fitness / Richard Restak
Published Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2011]
©2011

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  612.82 Res/Obf  AVAILABLE
Description 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 60 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Series Great courses. Topic, Better living. Subtopic, Health & wellness
Great courses (DVD). Better living.
Contents Disc 1. Lecture 1. How your brain works ; Lecture 2. How your brain changes ; Lecture 3. Care and feeding of the brain ; Lecture 4. Creativity and the playful brain ; Lecture 5. Focusing your attention ; Lecture 6. Enhancing your memory -- disc 2. Lecture 7. Exercising your working memory ; Lecture 8. Putting your senses to work ; Lecture 9. Enlisting your emotional memory ; Lecture 10. Practicing for peak performance ; Lecture 11. Taking advantage of technology ; Lecture 12. Building your cognitive reserve
Summary These 12 lectures focus attention on the human brain
Notes "Course no. 1651."
Bibliography Course guidebook & transcript includes bibliographical references (pages 48-60)
Performer Lecturer: Richard Restak, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Notes DVD
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Brain -- Physiology.
Memory -- Physiological aspects.
Brain.
Human information processing.
Mental efficiency.
Genre/Form Instructional films.
Lectures.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings.
Author Teaching Company.
ISBN 1598037331
9781598037333