A recent multi-site trial of Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly determined that training sessions for 2 hours a week for 5 weeks improved the memory, concentration and problem solving skills of healthy independent adults 65 years and older. While we spend valuable money and time to maintain a healthy body - exercising, eating right, getting a proper amount of sleep, and even though such studies have proved the beneficial effects of engaging in mental stimulation, we still neglect our most valuable organ: the mind. With Dental Floss for the Mind, readers will discover a complete cognitive "workout." Michel Noir and Bernard Croisile - co-founders of Scientific Brain Training, a company dedicated to bringing the latest developments in cognitive studies to the education field - provide readers with over 100 exercises, rated from easy to difficult, that sharpen cognitive skills and reduce chances of long-term memory loss. Each part of the book is designed to improve one of five key cognitive abilities: Attention: How to hone your focus skills and reduce the impact of interferences Memory: How to call upon and train different types of memory: sensory, short-term, long-term, episodic, semantic, and procedural Language skills: How to decipher texts and store relevant information to get the general meaning Visual and spatial recognition: How to further develop your space perception and mental imagery tools Reasoning: How to bring together cognitive skills to best analyze a problem and develop an action plan As readers move through the book, they'll find a rating system to check their progress, along with prescriptive tips for sharpening their skills beyond the book. More than just a collection of brain teasers, Dental Floss for the Mind gives readers a complete program to assess their progress and hone their skills as they go.