The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind
by Richard Restak M.D.
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Author: Richard Restak M.D.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-06
ISBN: 1594860548
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Rodale Books
Book Reviews of The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind
Book Review: Interesting, but misleading subtitle
Summary: 3 Stars
The subtitle of the book is misleading-there is only 1 1/2 chapters devoted to how our brains are being rewired by today's society. Thus, I was disappointed that I didn't learn what I thought I was going to learn.
The rest of the book is a summary of research that has been done, and where the research is going in the future. The subtitle should be "How the Modern Age is Researching Your Mind".
As a mom with ADD, and kids with ADD, I was under the impression this book addressed ADD more than it does. We have the genetic form, which is quite different from merely having a short attention span. In fact, people with ADD can hyperfocus on things that are interesting to them. This book doesn't make the distinction between a short attention span and and the overall brain malfunction of ADD.
I gave this book 3 stars because it does have some interesting information in it. I'm going to discuss his information on depression with my son's psychologist to see if the neurofeedback my son is doing can address the brain differences researchers have found. Mr. Restak doesn't even mention neurofeedback, although he talks extensively about how the brain can be changed at any age. In fact, he doesn't really give suggestions on how we can change our brains, if that is our goal, other than taking drugs. It would have been nice if he would have mentioned professionals that we can contact to make the changes he talks about.
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