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Unique Exercises to Keep Your Brain Alive Lawrence C. Katz, PhD, recognizes the tremendous need to understand what happens to our brains as we age, and knows that the way we live our lives affects our brains for a long time. Together with co-author Manning Rubin, Dr. Katz developed "neurobics" -- brain exercises that affect how our brains are actually used. He explained the basics of this exciting program in our conversation with him. What
is the new science of brain exercise? The basic idea behind brain exercises is to use your brain's natural desire to form associations, to do things in different ways that cause it to form new associations. The capacity of the brain to form new associations is essentially unlimited. When your brain does this it causes brain cells to become more active. And when cells are more active they produce molecules that, in turn, "fertilize" nerve cells, keeping them healthier and more resistant to the assaults of old age. It used to be thought that as you get older, you lose nerve cells. That's not really the case. Now we realize that nerve cells are like a tree, and as you get older the branches start to fall off and thin out. But when nerve cells are activated by specific tasks, that causes them to make their own "fertilizer," which causes them and the cells around them to grow new branches again -- or at least retain the ones they have. It makes brain cells more active in significant ways but also helps cells produce brain-healthy chemicals. This is a new approach to brain exercises. Most older exercises are a variation on doing puzzles or logic riddles. The approach that Manning and I developed is really more related to lifestyle. How you live your life will affect how your brain is working, and it's important to use the world as your "brain gym," and to use the activities in your everyday life to stimulate your brain in new and interesting ways. Sex
and Chocolate Boost Brain Power And
watching soap operas, mixing with serial moaners and
fat-free diets should be avoided in the quest for increased
mental ability, the book says. Much of the advice in Teach Yourself Training Your Brain is unconventional, but its co-authors, Terry Horne and Simon Wootton, say it is based on leading scientific research. They claim that people can combat the considered wisdom that the brain deteriorates with age. Mr Horne, a university lecturer, said: "For decades we have thought that the capacity of our brains is genetically determined, whereas it's now clear it's a lifestyle choice. "People
can make lifestyle choices that will not only prevent
what used to be seen as an inevitable decline in cognitive
ability after the age of 17, but will constantly increase
it throughout our adult lives. Top
7 Myths About Hypnosis For Weight
Loss I Was a Neuroscience Guinea Pig: How Scientists Scrambled My Brain I'm
a guinea pig in a brain-scan experiment
conceived by neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley,
who is testing how memory changes with age.
The "zapping" induces seizures
in some subjects and cures depression in
others. I don't know what it will do to
me, but I'm about to find out. Scientists
Read Paralyzed Man's Mind Inner
Secrets of Wealth
Creation Most
people when
talking about
creating wealth
tend to mention
only some of
the factors
and not the
rest. That is
why it is important
to see things
in an integrated
way than in
a partial way. The
Power of Being Different How
to Unleash Your Inner
Genius What makes him or her stand out from the crowd? Is it the size of his/her brain, the way he or she was brought up, or is intelligence simply passed down from one generation to the next? Before we take a look at exactly what genius is, let's clear the air once and for all and find out some of the things genius definitely is NOT. Forget I.Q. tests, levels of education, how big your forehead is: genius has very little to do with any of these things. You can't inherit your intelligence from parents or grandparents, nor can you become intelligent simply by passing an exam or two. And even if your brain is the largest in the world, that doesn't necessarily mean you'll use it in a more intelligent way. If you're a well read person you might have a lot of knowledge on a variety of topics. You may even have a degree or diploma in your favorite subject. Each of these is a positive sign of the potential for intelligent thinking, showing that you have drive, determination, and the ability to reach certain goals. ... But it doesn't make you a genius. The One Specific Key to Genius All
the research points
to one specific trait
that geniuses have
in common: the ability
to be creative. It's
not so much that they
think more often then
we do, it's the WAY
they think that makes
them unusual.
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