National Geographic: Brain: The Complete Mind

Did you know that watching too many sitcoms really does make you stupid? That your brain does not age - and keeping it in good shape is no more difficult or time-consuming than keeping your heart healthy or your cholesterol under control? In "Brain: The Complete Mind", discover not only the nuts and bolts of your brain - from its three-pound weight to its 100 billion nerve cells to its endless synapses which aid communication and memory - but the story of brain science (Plato's first investigation; Thomas Willis, father of modern neuroscience; treating FDR's polio and paralysis; Franz Josef Gall and phrenology; the mind and war; deciphering ADHD and ADD) and how to keep all its parts functioning at optimal level