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Life Lessons From A Brain Surgeon

With cutting-edge science and colorful anecdotes, a neurosurgeon reveals how to boost your mental performance and creativity in everyday life.

From performing risky surgeries to leading innovative research, Dr. Rahul Jandial is at the very forefront of neuroscience. In this fascinating book, he draws on his wide-ranging expertise to explain the bigger picture of brain health and rejuvenation. Taking readers from the operating room and the lab to surgical missions around the world, Dr. Jandial introduces the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience—and explains how this incredible knowledge can be applied to everyday life.

Busting myths along the way, Jandial helps readers get wired for success at work and school, perform better when the pressure is on, boost memory, control stress and emotions, minimize pain, stick to a healthy eating plan, unleash creativity, raise smarter kids, and stay sharp as they age. Combining the treatment guidelines he gives his patients, the most promising concepts from frontier science, and the smartest super-achiever hacks, Dr. Jandial provides practical takeaways for optimizing brain function and leading a healthier, happier, more productive life.

Previously published under the title Neurofitness.

Rahul Jandial

RAHUL JANDIAL, MD, PhD, is a dual-trained brain surgeon and neuroscientist. When he isn’t performing brain surgery, he’s leading a team of scientists in his Jandial Laboratory at City of Hope doing cutting-edge neuroscience research. An associate professor in the Division of Neurosurgery at City of Hope, the bilingual Dr. Jandial also regularly travels the world to children’s hospitals in underserved areas in Central and South America and Eastern Europe to perform surgical missions through International Neurosurgical Children’s Association (INCA), a nonprofit he founded in 2003. He is the author of ten academic books and more than 100 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He lives in Los Angeles, California. 

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