Sunday, August 10, 2008

"Your Brain - The Missing Manual": BOOK REVIEW

Janica Unruh writes:
The Wizard of Oz always puzzled me as a child. If the scarecrow didn’t have a brain, how was he moving around and talking? How did he even know he was missing his brain? And if that doesn’t make you think, here’s another thing that puzzles me. Let’s take the example of you sitting at your computer reading this review. Obviously you have a brain, but how can you use it properly if you don’t even understand it? I really learned a lot from this book... The end of each chapter... gives advice on how to use your brain, including how to memorize long lists and how to pay better attention. You’d figure in this age of fast food, Google, and TV that we could all use help dealing with our ADD. READ MORE