Scientific research shows that the brain responds to mental stimulation much like muscles respond to physical exercise. The puzzles and mental challenges in Brain Games #9: Lower Your Brain Age in Minutes a Day provide the mental workout you need and they are fun too. The book, part of the popular Brain Games series, is designed to make you feel the burn (mentally, of course) by working different cognitive functions.Just as no single exercise machine can give you a full workout, no one type of puzzle can fully exercise your brain. Puzzles of different types exercise different parts of the brain and can enhance the following cognitive functions: Attention Computation Creative thinking General knowledge Language Logic Memory Planning Spatial visualization The mental challenges and puzzles in Brain Games #9: Lower Your Brain Age in Minutes a Day get progressively more difficult. Answers are provided in the final section. The book is spiral-bound and easy to handle. Here is a list of the puzzle types the book offers: Anagrams Crosswords Mazes Observation and perspective puzzles Quic-Krosses Sudokus Visual logic puzzles Word ladders Word searches