Dr. Michael Hoffmann is a Professor Neurology at the University of Central Florida, a Cognitive Neurology Consultant for Roskamp Neurosciences Research Institute and the Director of Stroke and Cognitive Neurology James Haley Veterans Hospital.

• 1. Collateral effects at a personal, environmental, and national levels2. The evolutionary origins and purpose of brain fitness3. How to accomplish brain fitness:The five brain rules4. Measuring success with performance metrics5. Electrochemical functions of the brain and device therapies6. Brain Coaching7. Executive brain health summary

"...provides a guide on how to accomplish brain fitness by giving recommendations based on scientific findings,... [and] illustrates how sleep, exercise and diet affect our body on a molecular level using up to date sources. The purpose of this book is to provide a guide to brain health and to avoid neurodegenerative changes in the process,... meets this objective by giving clear recommendations and guidelines on how to improve brain health…. This book’s primary audience is people with a background in science,... would most benefit medical students and attendings, specifically those in the neurology and psych fields…. begins with five brain rules that provide a guide on how to improve brain health: physical exercise, sleep health, nutrition, cognitive exercises, and socialization…. The figures provided are clear and supplement the information,... [and] the appendix includes a summary checklist to help check the readers' brain health…. useful for those with a science or medical background." ©Doody's Review Service, 2025, Kiran Iyer, MD (Thomas Jefferson University)