Psychology

Do you ever find the simplest words or the most obvious names suddenly escape your mind for no apparent reason? Do you ever walk into a room and forget why you came in, or realise you don't know where you left your house keys just ten minutes ago? Is your memory getting steadily worse? "Train Your Brain" can turn back the clock...Like the body, the brain needs exercise. And Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, world-renowned professor of neuroscience at Tohoku University, has dedicated his life to researching exactly how we can make out brains work better. Here are his results - set out in a highly rewarding programme of deceptively simple activities, each carefully chosen to stimulate a different part of your brain. Every day you fill in a worksheet of easy exercises and then, with weekly tests and a personal logbook, you can track your progress. Taking just a few minutes a day over two months, you really can boost your brain-power and creativity. First published 2005.