This book presents new work on the psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics of compound words and shows the insights it offers on natural language processing and the relation between language, mind, and memory.

This lively guide is packed with ideas and exercises that will stretch readers brainpower - helping them to think both more clearly and in totally different ways. A mental workout for creating a lively mind the book shows how to: Build a store of knowledge and make use of it, test memory and recall skills and improve upon them, and increase creativity and the ability to think laterally.
The main section of the book comprises over 70 exercises - each taking between 5 and 30 minutes to undertake. Each exercise is ranked on scales for knowledge, memory and creativity to guide readers to techniques that will both polish their personal mental powers and exercise their minds. A further ranking system tells readers how much fun each exercise is to work through.

Memory loss can create problems in every aspect of a person s life. The challenge of communicating thoughts and feelings can be made even harder by other people's negative perceptions of dementia.
This book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss, and includes examples of real people who have faced similar challenges. These stories highlight both good and bad ways to deal with the problems that arise, and are also useful for describing the experiences of memory loss to friends and family. The authors suggest ways of maintaining physical and mental health by staying active and engaged in society.

The Fountain of Youth or The Eye of Revelation or The Five Tibetan is classic health and healing book. Taking just minutes a day to perform, the benefits for practitioners have included increased energy, weight loss, better memory, new hair growth, pain relief, better digestion, and just feeling younger.

Get the Picture
You and I haven’t met, but I feel as if I already know you. You’re pretty smart.

Above average, in fact. And when you have a goal in front of you—whether it’s completing a work project by the deadline, writing that term paper or getting all the dinner-party details just right—you’re sure you’ll rise to the occasion.
Me, too. Trouble is, we’re often so very wrong about our overconfi dent selfassessments—and we are blind to that ignorance because we can’t get a complete view of ourselves, as psychologists David Dunning, Chip Heath and Jerry M. Suls explain in their article “Picture Imperfect.” ...