8 ways to exercise your brain
Who doesn't want to be smarter? Who doesn't want their smarts to last as longs as they do? Apparently their are 8 things you can do to help: 1. PLAY HEAD GAMES Brain games may help improve mental function, and could possibly help prevent dementia. 2. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN The training exercises included: -Memory: To help people memorize word lists, one method was to organize a grocery list by the sections of the store, said Marsiske, an associate professor in the department of clinical health and psychology at the University of Florida. -Visualization: Use all your senses to remember things. For example, if you need to remember a dog's name, visualize what the dog's fur feels like, recall the sound of its bark, and, yes, try to re-create its smell. -Reasoning: Participants learned to use highlighters to identify key points in complicated information. That included underlining important information like dosage and frequency on a medication. 3. TAXES 4. BUILD YOUR "COGNI...