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Review title: While it seems helpful. . .
Product review: I recently finished reading this book as an assignment for a graduate class in which we had to analyze a pop psychology book. I have to say, it fits in with what I believe most of pop psych to be: dumbed-down science that does not in actuality tell you anything. While Mr. Parlette does appear to have a basic knowledge of the brain and its anatomy, the 'exercises' he details in his book in no way give the reader any indication of how they are supposed to enhance brain functioning. If a book is supposed to improve my cognitive abilities, I would appreciate references that back up the predictions as well as some sort of follow-up plan to denote any supposed improvements, neither of which I found in this book. Please, I ask all of you to think about who is giving you the information before you follow it - in this case, it is someone who has neither credentials nor research to back up his statements.
