Brain Boosting
I’ve been meaning to post on this for quite a while… it’s an article on “boosting your brain power” and memory from the BBC. It’s based on research and a tv program… unfortunately I didn’t get to see it, but the article is pretty interesting. Basically, change up your routine, get out of our rote comfort zone and your brain is the better for it. (but I’m sooo not avoiding caffeine!)
It is not an intelligence-boosting formula likely to impress an Oxbridge don: watching Countdown, playing Sudoku, remembering telephone numbers and taking a shower with your eyes closed. Yet doing ‘brain exercises’ such as these can make us all up to 40 per cent cleverer within seven days.
I’ve tried the “closing your eyes in the shower” thing… it’s an interesting experience. You certainly have to solve new problems, like “how do I know when I have enough shampoo?” 8-)
Doing quizzes and puzzles as they recommend is something I’ve always liked, but rarely made time for. The Nintendo DS has been making the news for their “Brain Age” game, training your brain and improving memory. Anyone tried it?
There are some new websites that give you online brain training and memory improvement. MyBrainTrainer.com ($2.95/month) and Happy-Neuron.com ($9.95/month) are both subscription services.
Over the next few months I’ll try both of these online services and give you a more complete review… Will I be smarter? I’ll let my customers and my wife be the judge of that… 8-)
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