 | The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books) by Norman Doidge
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.99 Norman Doidge's book that inspired the PBS show is the best and most accessible book on the subject of brain plasticity. You will learn about the pioneers in the field and stories of some of the patients that have changed their brains to overcome serious brain injury and damage.
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 | The Brain Fitness Program
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $16.26 This is the PBS series that accompanies Doidge's book on brain plasticity. If you don't want to read the book, you should at least watch the show.
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 | Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD) by John Medina
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $8.17 This book on Brain Rules... well basically rules! I just read this book and John Medina has written an excellent book on the subject of the brain and the recent research and the implications to education and business. He employs everything he has learned about the brain into designing a book, dvd and website that completely captures your attention!!
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 | Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
Buy new: $18.24 / Used from: $14.00 Brainage and Brainage 2 - are still the best games on the market for improving your overall brain fitness. Of all the games I have tested these still are the gold standard for quality, fun and mental stimulation.
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 | Big Brain Academy
Buy used from: $14.60 This is a good game to accompany Brainage. It has more games and overcomes some of the challenges of Brainage i.e. you can replay the same game in one day. The overall quality and interface aren't great, but the game is fun and provides different games to brainage. Well worth adding to your collection.
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 | Brain Challenge
Buy new: $134.89 / Used from: $29.88 I have mixed feelings about this game. This is a remake of Brain Academy (nearly). The interface and design are much, much better than Brain Academy, BUT the games are nearly identical. Similar to brain academy, the mechanism for rating your progress is tenuous - brain weight. The games are fun and interface is well designed.
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 | My Word Coach
Buy new: $29.98 / Used from: $9.96 This is a nicely thought out collection of word games that is aimed at improving your overall vocabulary. The games are fun and as you play you will strengthen your vocabulary. You will know most of the words, but you will also learn some new words along the way. There are also some titles for learning different languages from the same publisher, I have not tried them yet, but I will.
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 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Buy new: $24.82 / Used from: $16.99 This is a little different to some of the other brain games. This is a cross between an adventure game and a puzzle game. There is a great collection of puzzles (some famous like tower of hanoi, some not) scattered through the game that you need to solve as you progress through the adventure.
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