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| Introduction | |
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| Invest in Your Brain | |
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| Improving Through Improv, Lindy Schneider | |
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| The Word of the Day, Eve Legato | |
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| The Gift of Gab, Patricia Gordon | |
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| Ready? Set. Go! Cathy C. Hall | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Enrich Your Mind | |
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| The Miracle of Neuroplasticity | |
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| Making Friends for Your Brain's Sake | |
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| The More You Know, the More You Know | |
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| Boosting Your Brain Power | |
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| Your Amazing Memory | |
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| Capital of Delaware, Shawnelle Eliasen | |
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| Picking My Brain Booster, LD. Whitaker | |
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| B My Hero, Kim Hackett | |
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| Partly Cloudy Pancakes, Stephen D. Rogers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Memory Works | |
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| Memory Hitches and Glitches | |
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| Legitimate Concerns about Memory | |
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| Check Up on Your Memory | |
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| Memory Tips You Won't Forget | |
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| Living Well to Age-Proof the Brain | |
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| Pump Up Your Brain Power Dallas Woodburn | |
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| Staying Sharp at 95, Jacqueline Seewald | |
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| Use It or Lose It, John M. Scanlan | |
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| Don't Forget to Dance, Teresa Ambord | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Seven Brain Aging Risk Factors | |
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| Nourish Your Neurons | |
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| The Best Brain Booster Ever | |
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| Save a Brain | |
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| Shaping Your Thoughts and Emotions | |
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| The Numbers Game, Diana Savage | |
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| Slug Club, Christine Catlin | |
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| The Handkerchief Caper, Garrett Bauman | |
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| Don't Overload Your Brain, Stephanie Davenport | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Physical Path of Thought | |
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| What Is Your Inner Voice Telling You? | |
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| Minding Your Brain | |
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| You Are What You Think | |
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| Optimize Your Inner Voice | |
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| 5-Minute Mini-Meditation | |
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| Wake Up Your Brain | |
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| Nothing Beats a Good Book! Pat Williams | |
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| Get Out of That Rut! Jennie Ivey | |
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| Book Brain, Beth Cato | |
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| Practice Makes Perfect, Debbie Acklin | |
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| Lullaby and Good Night, Maria H. Thurman | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sleep to Remember | |
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| What You Lose When You Don't Snooze | |
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| Slumber Numbers | |
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| Tips for Better Sleep | |
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| Don't Accept Labels | |
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| Rise and Shine, Simon Lewis | |
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| My Traveling Brain, Anna (Betty) Brack | |
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| Just a Little Farther to Go, Jan Keller | |
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| The Power of Perseverance, Annmarie B. Tait | |
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| Ageless Occupation, Phyllis W. Zeno | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Ordinary Is Really Extraordinary | |
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| Unusual Tradeoffs | |
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| Never Set Limits | |
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| Age Is Just a Number | |
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| Breaking Down Limits | |
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| The Multiple Intelligences | |
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| Meet Our Contributors | |
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| Meet Our Authors | |
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| Acknowledgments | |