Introduction -- The brain before 25 -- Brain facts -- The brain before 25 -- Antics and the prefrontal cortex -- The cingulate gyrus and cognitive flexibility -- Emotions and bonding : meet the limbic brain -- Anxiety and the basal ganglia -- The young brain in the real world -- The devastating impact of drugs and alcohol -- Other ways we hurt the brain -- When the brain struggles -- Getting to know other people's brains -- Adapting your brain to the brains of others -- How to change your brain and change your life (before 25) -- How to shape the young brain -- Kill the ANTs -- Eat right to think right -- Body time to boost the mind -- Working the brain to be smarter -- Relaxing the brain -- The Two week brain smart plan -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Offers a program designed for teens and adults that reveals how to train the brain for a lifetime of success.
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