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BRAIN ALIVE
83 Neurobic Exercises
to Help Prevent Memory Loss and
Increase Mental Fitness

Lawrence C. Katz, Ph.D.
& Manning Rubin
Illustrations by David Suter
3 1150007903129

Workman Publishing Company, New York

2000

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Copyright © 1999 by Lawrence C. Katz and Manning Rubin
Illustrations copyright © David Suter
Cover and book design: ElaineTom
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced—mechanically,
electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying—without
written permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in
Canada by Thomas Alien 8c Son Limited.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Katz, Lawrence, 1956Keep your brain alive: the neurobic exercise program/by Lawrence C.Katz
and Manning Rubin.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7611-1052-6
1. Cognition—Age factors. 2. Cognition—Problems, exercises, etc. 3. Memory—Age
factors. 4. Cognition—Problems, exercises, etc. 5. Aging—Psychological aspects.
I. Rubin, Manning. II. Tide.
BF724.55.C63K38 1998
153—dc21
98-18888

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W

e both thank Peter Workman for being ourmatchmaker, and our editor, Ruth Sullivan, for her steadfast
faith in the project and her relentless pursuit of clarity and
simplicity in the writing and organization of the material.
Larry Katz wishes to thank Doris larovici, his spouse, for
her critical insights, advice, and editorial assistance, and Bonnie
Kissell, for unflagging administrative support of this project.
Manning Rubin thanks JaneRubin, for bearing the brunt
of his burying himself in the research, writing, and rewriting
he has been obsessed with for two years, and for her levelheaded observations that helped the book. And he thanks
Larry for the voluminous work he has produced in keeping
this book alive.

CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
CHAPTERI

Neurobics: The New Science of Brain Exercise . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER

II

How the Brain Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
CHAPTER

III

How Neurobics W o r k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
CHAPTER

IV

Starting and Ending the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
CHAPTER

V

Commuting . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
CHAPTER

VI

At Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 7
CHAPTER

VII

At the M a r k e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
CHAPTER

VIII

At Mealtimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
CHAPTER

IXAt Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

PREFACE
A

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the mind as it thinks. Almost daily, they are discovering that
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