Book Analysis: Train Your Brain

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Train your Brain: Use Brain Training games to Teach yourself anything in 24 hours Posits some interesting notions about Brain Training some of which are actually quite viable when done on a repeated basis. In the book, author Christopher Michaels imparts readers with a relevantly detailed look at the background, mechanics and useful applications of brain training techniques and does offer up some edifying elements and truisms within this quick read.

Overall the book is fairly well put together, the information is organized, the explanations comprehensible and the authors writing style is relatable but there is a need for some attention to editing, it is frustrating to read a book with so much potential that has editing issues. However, issues

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