Brain Rules, by John Medina -- his latest book
I have really enjoyed this book. Their Brain Fitness concepts mirror our (Developmental Optometry's) approach to Vision Therapy. "Vision Therapy" programs integrate vision, tactile, auditory and motor skills as a means to help childen and adults overcome their vision problems. This results in a child having improved reading skills ans better attention in the classroom. Sensory Integration techniqiues are very important in the development of visualization skills, visual memory and cognition.
It is wonderful to see (no pun intended) that "brain fitness" embraces the importance of VISION as it relates to cognition with such chapter headings as: 1) attention 2) short-term memory 3) long-term memory 4) sensory integration 5) vision
We need to keep ourselves healthy by developing a fitness program that incorporates both aerobic exercise as well as strong visual-motor and visual perception skills. Developmental Optometry offers one piece of the puzzle, as does many other health care professionals involved with improving learning skills.
As John Medina says, "Vision trumps all of the other senses".
Sincerely,
Dr. Eliot Kaplan, Developmental Optometrist
