New York Times Crosswords to Keep Your Brain Young

by Majid Fotuhi, The New York Times, Majid Fotuhi M.D. Ph.D.

Book Overview

Many puzzle fans enjoy crosswords not just for the fun but for the benefits--puzzles help keep the mind limber and vocabulary expanding. The 150 crosswords in this book are divided into chapters, with each chapter focusing on a specific brain-boosting theme: vocabulary building, memorization, problem solving, etc.

Will Shortz has paired up with a top neuroscientist, Dr. Majid Fotuhi, who provides introductions to each chapter and additional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312376588
• ISBN13: 9780312376581
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Work the brain like you would work the mind

The book is a great combination of useful and informative facts about the brain and the mechanisms that can contribute to its deterioration, along with challenging and fun crosswords from the best known source of cross words: the New York Times. As a result, this book has reinforced my determination to also eat right, and do more exercise in order to maintain both my body and mind in good health. I would recommend this book as a gift for anyone who likes to spend a few minutes before bed to do a cross-word puzzle, but who also enjoys learning more about the brain.

Crosswords to keep your brain young

Great Idea and Great Book. I have noticed my memory has gotten worse over the last several (OK... fifteen years). The strategies Dr. Fotuhi presents are simple and seem to work. The ideas in the book are even good for people who don't like crossword puzzles. For those who do like them it's a little bonus.

Excellent!

My memory is not what it used to be. The older I get, the less I seem to remember. What I liked about this book is that it uses simple crosswords combined with practical technics to help keep your brain fit. Interlaced between each set of crosswords is a chapter on Dr. Fotuhi's 6-step program on how to improve your memory. He shows how we can remember more by doing simple things like taking dance lessons and eating more 'brain food'. It looks like it is after all possible to teach old dogs new tricks.

great tool to improve memory

I really enjoyed reading this book and I found the puzzles extremely stimulating. Each chapter was full of facts about how our brain works and what to do to keep it young. Dr. Fotuhi is obviously the most credible author on this topic with a MD and a PhD in neurology he has the necessary background in this field and is capable of writing in simple terms. I strongly recommend this book and already bought a few copies for those I love.