Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance

A leading neuroscientist and the bestselling author of Morzart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot distills the latest research on the brain and serves up practical, surprising, and illuminating advice for warding off neurological decline, improving cognitive function, and encouraging smarter thinking day to day.

Library Journal

Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Restak (Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot) presents an accessible analysis of how the human brain works and shares suggestions for improving its function—namely, through the restorative powers of sleep. Drawing on his own clinical research as well as on findings from numerous other sources (which he does not directly cite), Restak translates the highly complex scientific data forming the basis of this material into relevant language that will intrigue both erudite and lay listeners. Arthur Morey's (The Evolution of God) clear, steadily paced narration adds value to this substantial work, which nicely updates Daniel G. Amen's Making a Good Brain Great. [The Riverhead: Penguin hc was "highly recommended for public libraries," LJ 4/15/09.—Ed.]—Dale Farris, Groves, TX

Richard Restak, M.D., is an award-winning neuroscientist, neuropsychiatrist, and clinical professor of neurology at the George Washington University Medical Center. The bestselling author of eighteen acclaimed books about the brain, including Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot and Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber, he has also penned dozens of articles for a variety of publications, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Neuropsychiatric Association.