A growing body of scientific research has shown that people middle-aged and older who do word games or puzzles once a week or more have a significant cognitive advantage over their peers who do not. But just as top athletes do cross- and circuit training for maximum fitness, your brain needs a variety of challenges that stretch all your thinking skills. This book offers a delightful mix of word workouts, trivia training exercises, and high-impact puzzles to get and keep your brain in shape. Arranged from easy to more challenging, the games are coded for their benefits for six keycognitive functions, so you can concentrate on the area you want to improve, or create your own circuit workout for overall brain fitness. Developed (in conjunction with leading neuroscientist Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D.) by a professional creator of games for activity professionals who work with senior citizens, this collection of games and puzzles is stimulating, invigorating, challenging, and most of all, fun.
