Max Your Brain

The Complete Visual Programme
James Harrison and Mike Hobbs (Foreword Tony Buzan)
ISBN 978-1-4053-4320-6
Priced: £12.99

Get your head in tip-top condition with the ultimate brain work out.

The recent brain-training craze has led to a huge range of books, gadgets and games claiming to hold the key to improving your brain power. In such a cluttered market, how do you find the most effective programme for you and your lifestyle?

It's widely acknowledged that the brain's language is a ‘visual' one, responding most effectively to visual stimuli. In an age where we are constantly bombarded with information, it is crucial that learning materials are brain-friendly. Max Your Brain is one of the first guides to tackle brain training in a visual way, filled with bright, colourful illustrations and free from complicated academic jargon.

As internationally acclaimed thinker, international lecturer and educator - and author of over 100 books on the brain, learning and memory - Tony Buzan says in his foreword:

"This book has everything your brain needs: it is written in the brain's own language - the ‘visual' language. It contains images that are relevant, plentiful colour, excellent spatial design, clear associations, and lucid writing. It is a book about the brain that is friendly to the brain. In its physical form, the book is completely congruent with what its contents say the brain needs."

Max Your Brain is packed with simple but clever brain exercises to help boost intelligence, improve memory, develop problem-solving skills and increase mental performance. Divided into the following key areas, it offers both simple activities and in-depth features on the most effective techniques to fulfil your mind's potential:

• Memory - how to improve your memory through meaning and association
• Visual reasoning - boost your ability to reason, deduce, analyse and solve problems
• Creativity - get in the right state of mind to realize your creative potential
• Numeracy - combat your numerophobia and visualize mathematical concepts
• Verbal reasoning - talk your way to the top
• Mind-body connection - healthy body = healthy mind.

Each chapter gives simple, concise explanations of how the brain works in everyday life, providing a clear connection between the puzzles you're dealing with and the actual situations where they will make a difference. Also including facts and tips on brain food, meditation and more, Max Your Brain is an indispensable guide to getting the flabbiest brain fighting fit again.

WIN one of two copies of Max your Brain

Wellbeing Magazine has two copies to give away to the first readers name picked on the 30th April 2010. For a chance to win visit the competitions page and complete the online entry form. Alternatively send your name and address to Brain Training Competition, Wellbeing Magazine, 2 The Hall, Turners Green Road, Wadhurst East Sussex TN5 6TR.