MAKING A GOOD BRAIN GREAT --- THE AMEN CLINIC PROGRAM FOR ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING OPTIMAL MENTAL PERFORMANCE by Daniel G. Amen. Harmony Books, 2005
    15 DAYS TO A BETTER BRAIN (from cover note)

    INTRODUCTION ---Making a good brain great! (px1-xvi)

    PART 1 --- NINE BRAIN-CENTERED PRINCIPLES TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE (p1-72)

      1) Your brain is involved in everything you do (p3-6)

      2) When your brain works right, you work right (p7-19)

      3) Your brain is the most complicated organ in the universe (p20-23)

      4) Your brain is very soft, housed in a very hard skull (p24-31)

      5) Know and heal the brain systems that run your life (p32-49)

      6) One size does not fit everyone (p50-55)

      7) How do you know unless you look? (p56-61)

      8) Yes, you can change your brain and change your life! (p62-67)

      9) The myth of the perfect brain --- we all need a little help (p68-72)

    PART 2 --- THE AMEN CLINIC PROGRAM FOR MAKING A GOOD BRAIN GREAT (p73-247)

      10) Protect your brain 75-88)

      11) Eat right to think right! (p89-112)

      12) Brain workouts (p113-121)

      13) Exercise for your brain (p122-127)

      14) Coordinate your brain (p128-133)

      15) Brain sex --- making love is good for your brain (p134-146)

      16) Improving reality --- the brain's role in perception (p147-157)

      17) Serenade the brain (p158-166)

      18) Soothing the brain --- calming the stress that kills cells (p167-176)

      19) Keeping the brain young (p177-191)

      20) Supercharging neurons (p192-216)

      21) Getting more help (p217-235)

      22) Fifteen days to a better brain (p236-248)

    APPENDIX (p249-259)

      Why "SPECT" --- What Brain "SPECT" Imaging can tell clinicians and patients that they cannot obtain elsewhere (p249-259)

    GLOSSARY (p261-263)

    REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING (p265-297)

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p299)

    INDEX (p301-313)

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p315)

    AMEN CLINICS, INC (p317)

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