Sleep: The Owner's Manual (Owner's Manual for the Brain)

Sleep: The Owner's Manual (Owner's Manual for the Brain)

Language: English

Pages: 100

ISBN: B00IHZY4GG

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated

At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In this unsurpassed resource, Dr. Pierce J. Howard and his team distill the very latest research and clearly explain the practical, real-world applications to our daily lives. Drawing from the frontiers of psychology, neurobiology, and cognitive science, yet organized and written for maximum usability, The Owner's Manual for the Brain, Fourth Edition, is your comprehensive guide to optimum mental performance and well-being. It should be on every thinking person's bookshelf.

  • What are the ingredients of happiness?
  • Which are the best remedies for headaches and migraines?
  • How can we master creativity, focus, decision making, and willpower?
  • What are the best brain foods?
  • How is it possible to boost memory and intelligence?
  • What is the secret to getting a good night's sleep?
  • How can you positively manage depression, anxiety, addiction, and other disorders?
  • What is the impact of nutrition, stress, and exercise on the brain?
  • Is personality hard-wired or fluid?
  • What are the best strategies when recovering from trauma and loss?
  • How do moods and emotions interact?
  • What is the ideal learning environment for children?
  • How do love, humor, music, friendship, and nature contribute to well-being?
  • Are there ways of reducing negative traits such as aggression, short-temperedness, or irritability?
  • What is the recommended treatment for concussions?
  • Can you delay or prevent Alzheimer's and dementia?
  • What are the most important ingredients to a successful marriage and family?
  • What do the world's most effective managers know about leadership, motivation, and persuasion?
  • Plus 1,000s more topics!

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time, eventually discontinuing drugs. The CBT techniques are similar to many others mentioned elsewhere in this book, from not reading in bed and regular sleep onset times to relaxation techniques. Get a copy of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Getting a Good Night’s Sleep by Lawrence Epstein and Steven Mardon (2006). Amazon customers rate it four stars out of five—much better than the last one we recommended! TOPIC 16.18 Stability in Sleep Patterns A study that related pilot error in

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so, in fact, that a new term, chronotherapy, has arisen to describe the practice of coordinating pharmaceutical and other treatments with time of day. William Hrushesky (1994), of Oncology Analytics, West Orange, NJ, summarizes the circadian aspects of several major illnesses: Rheumatoid arthritis: Worst in morning Nonrheumatoid arthritis: Worst in evening Asthma: Worst in early morning (2:00 to 6:00 A.M.) Cardiovascular disease: Highest risk in morning Various cancers: Optimal times for

most people because it’s just like staying up later but being able to have a normal night’s sleep, in accordance with the body’s naturally advancing rhythms. The late Charles F. Ehret of the Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory recommends the anti-jet-lag diet (Yepsen, 1987), an alternating pattern of fasting and feasting that proceeds as follows: •   Three days before the flight, have high-protein feasts at breakfast and lunch and consume only complex carbohydrates for supper; take caffeine

cardiovascular tissue) damage. The consequences of all these chemical changes include depletion of the immune system, the growth of fat rather than muscle, possible harm to brain cells, acceleration of the aging process, memory impairment, and an increasing risk of depression. Van Cauter warns that a good night’s sleep should be as high a priority for fitness buffs as aerobic exercise and proper nutrition. Many cultures, however, praise those who “need” less sleep and refer to those desirous of

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