Brain Games
Product#: I7038
Released: 2006
Discontinued: 2019
Ages: 8+
Product Desciption:
After two decades studying how we can
improve memory and prevent Alzheimer’s disease, I
have found there is a lot we can do. Genetics accounts
for only about a third of what determines our health
as we age – that means that simple, everyday lifestyle
choices have a major impact on our memory and brain
fitness. My books, The Memory Bible, The Memory
Prescription, and The Longevity Bible, detail my strategies
– physical and mental exercise, stress reduction
techniques, the Healthy Brain Diet, and more – to boost
your brain power and live longer, better. However, you
are well on your way to boosting your brain power by
playing Brain Games.
Brain Games will teach you my basic memory technique
– Look, Snap, Connect – and help you perfect
these strategies. Besides being fun to play, Brain
Games will help your memory abilities improve almost
immediately. You will also “cross-train” your brain with
left-brain (verbal memory and logical skills – e.g., writing
letters) and right-brain (visual memory and mental
skills – e.g., reading maps) games. Brain Games lets
you monitor your progress, while setting and increasing
a pace that works for your memory ability as you train
your brain and gauge your improvement.
You can use Look, Snap, Connect for everyday memory
tasks (lists, errands, names and faces) and build on
this basic technique to become a memory champion.
First master the basic skill:
• Look – learn to focus your attention on the new
information you wish to remember. Slow down, take
a deep breath, and ignore distractions.
• Snap – create a mental snapshot or visual image
in your mind’s eye of what you want to remember.
Make it personal and give it detail to help fix it into
your memory.
• Connect – link up your mental snapshots in you
mind’s eye. This association step helps put the new
memories into context and helps you retrieve them
later when you need them.
To remember a list of errands, create a story using
Look, Snap, Connect: You need to stop at the store to
get some aspirin and a hair brush before you meet your
sister. In your mind’s eye, you see your sister taking
some aspirin and then brushing her hair.
For learning and recalling names and faces, think
up a Name Snap and a Face Snap – then Connect
these mental pictures or Snaps together. Thinking of
a visual image or Snap for a name can be easy: See
a house for Mr. House, a gold coin for Ms. Gold, or a
carnival worker for Mrs. Carney. For more complex
names, combine visual words that sound like the
name – see Mr. Domachow eating chicken chow mein
under a dome. For a face snap, look for a distinguishing
feature and then connect it to the name snap. If
Mrs. Washington has prominent lips, see her kissing
George Washington on the lips. At first it may seem a
bit wacky; however, you’ll not only have fun but you’ll
improve your everyday memory skills. Remembering
names and faces is the most common memory
complaint.
Our research group at UCLA has studied the effectiveness
of Look, Snap, Connect, along with other lifestyle
strategies that improve memory and brain health. We
found that after only two weeks, these techniques have
a significant effect on memory performance scores
and dramatically increase brain efficiency. The more
you play Brain Games, the better you’ll get at it and the
more brain power you’ll have.
Have fun,
Dr. Gary Small
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