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8 Simple Ways To Stimulate Your Brain Power
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It’s the part of our body that we most often use, yet it’s also the one that we love to neglect and take for granted. As the main processing unit for pretty well everything that we do, you’d think that we’d all be looking for every way possible to take care of it. Yet the majority of us give little to no attention to it, and instead spend a great deal of our free time engaged in things -such as TV -that deteriorate it. (Find out more HERE)
I cannot however completely typecast all of us into this brain-negligence category, as the rise in use of brain training programs -such as Lumosity -shows that some of us do have an interest in staying “mentally sharp.”
While recently setting goals for myself for 2015, one keyword that I felt inclined to highlight was intelligence. Once an intellectually sharp student, I now feel like at least some of the knowledge I’ve gained in experience and understanding of the world has taken the place previously occupied by things such as memory or calculative abilities.
In hopes of restoring or training my brain to make space for it all, I present you with 8 simple ways that we can all stimulate our brain daily:
1. Working Out
A study conducted at the University of Texas in Dallas found that working out as part of an exercise regimen helps aging adults to improve their memory and brain health. The study found that exercisers showed an increase in blood flow to the hippocampus, the region of the brain most directly affected by Alzheimer’s disease.(1) If you don’t enjoy going to the gym, find a creative way or a partner that can motivate you to exercise regularly.
2. Get Enough Sleep
This may seem like common sense, yet we live in a world where many of us depend on temporary stimulants (coffee, energy drinks) rather than rework our schedules to incorporate enough shut eye. It’s during sleep that our body and mind regenerates itself, making it critical that you receive an adequate amount nightly if you want to stay mentally sharp.
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3. Read Rather Than Watch
Neuroscientists recently conducted a study at Emory University which looked at the brain benefits of reading fiction. Researchers found that becoming engaged in a novel enhances connectivity in the brain and improves functionality.(2) Reading encourages us to imagine the fictional reality being presented to us in words, rather than passively having it all given to us.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2015/01/8-simple-ways-to-stimulate-your-brain-power/
