🧠 Dementia Care

Tender, unflinching books about accompanying a loved one through cognitive decline—the grief of losing someone who is still present. These stories honor the caregivers navigating an illness that erases memory but not love.

The 36-Hour Day

by Nancy L. Mace • 1981

Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.

4.29

5k+

🧠 Dementia Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

The 36-Hour Day 94%

Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.

by Nancy L. Mace 1981

4.29

5k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

4.13

2k+

🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving

My Father's Brain 93%

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia

by Wendy Mitchell • 2022

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

4.22

1k+

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia 92%

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

by Wendy Mitchell 2022

4.22

1k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication

Dementia Reimagined

by Tia Powell • 2019

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

3.90

445

🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care 💔 Caregiver Burden

Dementia Reimagined 92%

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

by Tia Powell 2019

3.90

445 ratings

🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care 💔 Caregiver Burden

On Pluto

by Greg O'Brien • 2014

What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.

3.96

1k+

🧠 Dementia Memoir 🩺 Medical Memoir 🌫️ Cognitive Decline

On Pluto 91%

What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.

by Greg O'Brien 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Memoir 🩺 Medical Memoir 🌫️ Cognitive Decline

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

by Dasha Kiper • 2023

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

4.18

1k+

👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands 91%

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

by Dasha Kiper 2023

4.18

1k+ ratings

👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Passages in Caregiving

by Gail Sheehy • 2010

No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.

4.13

287

🧓 Elder Care 🤝 Caregiver Support 🏥 Healthcare Navigation

Passages in Caregiving 91%

No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.

by Gail Sheehy 2010

4.13

287 ratings

🧓 Elder Care 🤝 Caregiver Support 🏥 Healthcare Navigation

Before I Forget

by B. Smith • 2016

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

4.20

1k+

🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities

Before I Forget 91%

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

by B. Smith 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities

What We Carry

by Maya Shanbhag Lang • 2020

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

4.32

4k+

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

What We Carry 90%

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

by Maya Shanbhag Lang 2020

4.32

4k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Brain Health as You Age

by Steven P. Simmons • 2018

Where normal forgetting ends and dementia begins, and the prevention plan beyond brain games.

3.53

🧠 Brain Health 📉 Cognitive Decline 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Brain Health as You Age 90%

Where normal forgetting ends and dementia begins, and the prevention plan beyond brain games.

by Steven P. Simmons 2018

3.53

73 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 📉 Cognitive Decline 🔄 Neuroplasticity

In Love

by Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

4.26

26k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief

In Love 90%

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

by Amy Bloom 2022

4.26

26k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief

The Age of Dignity

by Ai-jen Poo • 2015

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

3.88

413

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy

The Age of Dignity 90%

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

by Ai-jen Poo 2015

3.88

413 ratings

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy

100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss

by Jean Carper • 2010

Berries, brisk walks, and bedtime routines: the hundred habits science says can shield your brain.

3.95

563

🧠 Dementia Prevention 🧬 Brain Aging 🫐 Brain Food

100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss Summary

100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss 89%

Berries, brisk walks, and bedtime routines: the hundred habits science says can shield your brain.

by Jean Carper 2010

3.95

563 ratings

🧠 Dementia Prevention 🧬 Brain Aging 🫐 Brain Food

The Geography of Memory

by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

3.98

117

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Geography of Memory 89%

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013

3.98

117 ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

by Barry J. Jacobs • 2006

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

3.93

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers Summary

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers 89%

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

by Barry J. Jacobs 2006

3.93

57 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

Elderhood

by Louise Aronson • 2019

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

3.96

2k+

🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging

Elderhood 89%

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

by Louise Aronson 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging

Already Toast

by Kate Washington • 2021

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

3.92

666

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

Already Toast 89%

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

by Kate Washington 2021

3.92

666 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 88%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

Labours of Love

by Madeleine Bunting • 2020

The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.

4.07

160

🏥 Care Work 🔄 Social Reproduction 🎭 Emotional Labor

Labours of Love 88%

The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.

by Madeleine Bunting 2020

4.07

160 ratings

🏥 Care Work 🔄 Social Reproduction 🎭 Emotional Labor

Brain Rules for Aging Well

by John Medina • 2017

Retirement erodes the brain. So does loneliness. The everyday habits that reverse the damage.

4.11

867

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🤝 Social Neuroscience 🛡️ Dementia Prevention

Brain Rules for Aging Well 88%

Retirement erodes the brain. So does loneliness. The everyday habits that reverse the damage.

by John Medina 2017

4.11

867 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🤝 Social Neuroscience 🛡️ Dementia Prevention

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

by Julie A. Fast • 2004

Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.

3.95

925

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving 🌿 Holistic Mental Health

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder Summary

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder 88%

Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.

by Julie A. Fast 2004

3.95

925 ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving 🌿 Holistic Mental Health

The Invincible Brain

by Majid Fotuhi • 2026

84% of patients reversed cognitive decline in twelve weeks. The treatment is not a drug.

4.16

183

🧠 Dementia Prevention ⏳ Longevity Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Invincible Brain 88%

84% of patients reversed cognitive decline in twelve weeks. The treatment is not a drug.

by Majid Fotuhi 2026

4.16

183 ratings

🧠 Dementia Prevention ⏳ Longevity Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Being Mortal

by Atul Gawande • 2014

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

4.49

220k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality

Being Mortal 88%

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

by Atul Gawande 2014

4.49

220k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality

Keep Sharp

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

Exercise can cut your dementia risk in half. A neurosurgeon on the other changes that matter.

4.08

12k+

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Keep Sharp 88%

Exercise can cut your dementia risk in half. A neurosurgeon on the other changes that matter.

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.08

12k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Ageless Brain

by Julia VanTine • 2018

Keep your mind sharp: the diet, exercise, sleep, and purpose that cut Alzheimer's risk.

3.56

187

🧠 Brain Health 🧠 Alzheimer'S Prevention 🧓 Healthy Aging

Ageless Brain 88%

Keep your mind sharp: the diet, exercise, sleep, and purpose that cut Alzheimer's risk.

by Julia VanTine 2018

3.56

187 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🧠 Alzheimer'S Prevention 🧓 Healthy Aging

Strong Brains, Sharp Minds

by Michael C. Patterson • 2014

Your brain stays plastic for life. The daily domains that decide whether it strengthens or fades.

5.00

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Strong Brains, Sharp Minds 88%

Your brain stays plastic for life. The daily domains that decide whether it strengthens or fades.

by Michael C. Patterson 2014

5.00

1 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Dementia Prevention 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Music Heard So Deeply

by Betsey King • 2015

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

4.65

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies

Music Heard So Deeply 88%

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

by Betsey King 2015

4.65

23 ratings

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies

Cognitive Aging

by Institute of Medicine • 2015

Cognitive aging is not dementia, and the evidence for protecting it is stronger than advertised.

🧠 Cognitive Aging 👴 Gerontology 💪 Brain Health

Cognitive Aging 88%

Cognitive aging is not dementia, and the evidence for protecting it is stronger than advertised.

by Institute of Medicine 2015

🧠 Cognitive Aging 👴 Gerontology 💪 Brain Health

Knocking on Heaven's Door

by Katy Butler • 2013

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

4.12

3k+

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving

Knocking on Heaven's Door 88%

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

by Katy Butler 2013

4.12

3k+ ratings

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving

It Never Ends

by Nan Gefen • 2017

Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.

4.75

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🧓 Aging Parents 🔄 Role Reversal

It Never Ends 88%

Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.

by Nan Gefen 2017

4.75

4 ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🧓 Aging Parents 🔄 Role Reversal

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

3.89

8k+

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 88%

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

by Barbara K. Lipska 2018

3.89

8k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

The Etiquette of Illness

by Susan P. Halpern • 2004

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

3.76

601

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving

The Etiquette of Illness 87%

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

by Susan P. Halpern 2004

3.76

601 ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving

Old Age

by Michael Kinsley • 2016

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

3.20

2k+

🧠 Parkinson'S Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation

Old Age 87%

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

by Michael Kinsley 2016

3.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Parkinson'S Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation

The Better Brain Book

by David Perlmutter • 2004

Inflammation is the hidden driver of brain aging. A neurologist's protocol to turn it off.

3.84

316

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Cognitive Decline 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Better Brain Book 87%

Inflammation is the hidden driver of brain aging. A neurologist's protocol to turn it off.

by David Perlmutter 2004

3.84

316 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🛡️ Cognitive Decline 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Memory Rescue

by Daniel G. Amen • 2017

Eleven modifiable threats drive memory loss. A framework reverses them.

4.05

677

🧠 Brain Health 💭 Memory Improvement ⚠️ Cognitive Decline

Memory Rescue 87%

Eleven modifiable threats drive memory loss. A framework reverses them.

by Daniel G. Amen 2017

4.05

677 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 💭 Memory Improvement ⚠️ Cognitive Decline

The Shift

by Theresa Brown • 2015

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

3.87

8k+

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor

The Shift 87%

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

by Theresa Brown 2015

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor

Las gratitudes

by Delphine de Vigan • 2019

A woman losing language searches for the strangers who saved her during the war, to thank them.

4.33

57k+

🕯️ Aging And Dignity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗣️ Language Loss

Las gratitudes 87%

A woman losing language searches for the strangers who saved her during the war, to thank them.

by Delphine de Vigan 2019

4.33

57k+ ratings

🕯️ Aging And Dignity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗣️ Language Loss

Brain Food

by Lisa Mosconi • 2018

A neuroscientist's brain nutrition plan: the precise fats, plants, and fasts that keep memory sharp.

3.93

3k+

🧠 Brain Health 🥑 Cognitive Nutrition 🔬 Nutritional Neuroscience

Brain Food 87%

A neuroscientist's brain nutrition plan: the precise fats, plants, and fasts that keep memory sharp.

by Lisa Mosconi 2018

3.93

3k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🥑 Cognitive Nutrition 🔬 Nutritional Neuroscience

The End of Alzheimer's

by Dale E. Bredesen • 2017

A personalized protocol to reverse Alzheimer's by fixing the root causes that drugs miss.

4.20

4k+

🧠 Brain Health 🧬 Neurodegeneration 🩺 Functional Medicine

The End of Alzheimer's 87%

A personalized protocol to reverse Alzheimer's by fixing the root causes that drugs miss.

by Dale E. Bredesen 2017

4.20

4k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🧬 Neurodegeneration 🩺 Functional Medicine

Nurse's Pocket Guide

by Marilynn E. Doenges • 2006

The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.

3.98

126

🔄 Nursing Process 🏷️ Nursing Diagnosis 📋 Care Planning

Nurse's Pocket Guide 87%

The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.

by Marilynn E. Doenges 2006

3.98

126 ratings

🔄 Nursing Process 🏷️ Nursing Diagnosis 📋 Care Planning

One Hundred Names for Love

by Diane Ackerman • 2011

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

3.85

2k+

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs

One Hundred Names for Love 87%

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

by Diane Ackerman 2011

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs

Scribe Us Threshold.

by Alexander Batthyány

If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?

4.03

102

✨ Near-Death Studies 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Scribe Us Threshold. 87%

If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?

by Alexander Batthyány

4.03

102 ratings

✨ Near-Death Studies 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

The Good Doctor

by Barron H. Lerner • 2014

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

3.86

189

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism

The Good Doctor 87%

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

by Barron H. Lerner 2014

3.86

189 ratings

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism

Blessed Are the Crazy

by Sarah Griffith Lund • 2014

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

4.24

202

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health

Blessed Are the Crazy 87%

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

by Sarah Griffith Lund 2014

4.24

202 ratings

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health

Get What's Yours for Medicare

by Philip Moeller • 2016

Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.

3.84

258

🏥 Medicare Navigation 🛡️ Health Insurance 📢 Consumer Advocacy

Get What's Yours for Medicare 87%

Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.

by Philip Moeller 2016

3.84

258 ratings

🏥 Medicare Navigation 🛡️ Health Insurance 📢 Consumer Advocacy

Still Alice

by Lisa Genova • 2007

Facing early Alzheimer's, a brilliant linguist plans her final exit. But she's forgetting the plan.

4.32

362k+

🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease 🫂 Caregiver Family 💡 Brilliant Mind Fading

Still Alice 87%

Facing early Alzheimer's, a brilliant linguist plans her final exit. But she's forgetting the plan.

by Lisa Genova 2007

4.32

362k+ ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease 🫂 Caregiver Family 💡 Brilliant Mind Fading

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar

by Cynthia G. Last • 2009

Spot your bipolar partner's early warning signs, intervene before crisis, and protect your own life.

4.07

131

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎭 Mood Disorders 🤝 Partner Support

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar Summary

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar 87%

Spot your bipolar partner's early warning signs, intervene before crisis, and protect your own life.

by Cynthia G. Last 2009

4.07

131 ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎭 Mood Disorders 🤝 Partner Support

Everything in Its Place

by Oliver Sacks • 2019

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

4.14

3k+

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Everything in Its Place 87%

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

by Oliver Sacks 2019

4.14

3k+ ratings

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon

by Rahul Jandial • 2019

A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.

4.11

4k+

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Popular Neuroscience

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon Summary

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon 87%

A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.

by Rahul Jandial 2019

4.11

4k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Popular Neuroscience

Brain Power

by Michael J. Gelb • 2011

Cognitive decline is not inevitable. The habits that keep your mind decades younger than your body.

3.73

284

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🏥 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Brain Power 87%

Cognitive decline is not inevitable. The habits that keep your mind decades younger than your body.

by Michael J. Gelb 2011

3.73

284 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Aging 🏥 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

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