Introduction: Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades Is Directed at You 1
1. Optimize Your Brain: The First Step to More Success in School 9
2. Know Your Brain Type: Even If You Never Get Scanned 19
3. Changing Habits: How to Swap Old Ways for Smarter Strategies 45
4. In the Beginning: Preparation for Learning 63
5. The Big Picture: From Generalizations to Specifics 71
6. Get Organized: Organizing Your Classes, Your Time, and Yourself 81
7. Methods to Success: Methods of Study 91
8. It's a Class Act: Class Skills 101
9. Parietal Relations: Memorize Faster with Better Retention 115
10. Two Heads Are Better than None: Studying with a Partner 129
11. Go to the Source: A Practical Approach to Teachers 137
12. Pressurize Your Cabin: Preparing for and Taking Tests 147
13. Letting Yourself Out: Writing and Speaking 163
14. Killing the ANTs: How to Feel Good Every Day 173
15. Wrapping the Present: Getting the Best Out of Yourself 181
Appendix A 107 BRIGHT MINDS Ways to Grow Your Brain 189
Appendix B Amen Clinic Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire 195
Resources 203
References 207
About the Author 211
Gratitude and Appreciation 217