1 - Screwdrivers
To improve your brain's performance you don't need to devote yourself to differential calculation or study chaos theory, just go out and take 4 steps.
His best coaches are our feet; making aerobic exercise is an excellent way to keep the brain young and healthy.
Over time brain cells, neurons, lose links between them (synapses), and this process unfortunately begins around 30 years old.
But the latest research has clearly demonstrated that exercise prevents the aging process of the brain and certainly improves memory.
Exercise increases the development of capillaries and this means increased blood circulation, more nourishment and a greater supply of oxygen, which is fundamental for the health of our neurons.
2 - Nutrition
The second ally for a brighter brain is the stomach. We have all heard about antioxidants as carcinogens. All foods that counteract free radicals are also good for the brain.
So let's put on the table all the colors of fruit and vegetables, and then legumes, cereals and wholemeal flour.
3 - Exercise
The brain is a learning machine, give it the right tools and your brain will become faster and brighter.
Learn something new, there are millions of things that you can enjoy: playing ping pong or bridge, making crosswords or sudoku, learning to dance the tango or a new language, and if you still don't feel stimulated enough, the differential calculation and chaos theory is good too.
In practice, experts strongly recommend anything that focuses your attention and keeps your brain in learning mode and remains imprinted on your memory.
4 - Relaxation
Ok Ok you enrolled in the Swahili and Harmonic Singing Course.
Now take time!
Breath!
Relax!
Your brain likes challenges as much as it likes calm. Stress, but perhaps you already knew this is bad for your brain as it disturbs the cognitive process and reduces memory, to the point of affecting your quality of life.
The hippocampus, the main location of memory, is seriously debilitated by chronic stress.
In these times it is not easy to live without stress, the alternative is to make de-stressing choices: exercise, yoga, meditation. So just back from the Swahili course, make sure you have some relaxation and fun.
5 - Restoration
The most striking example of relaxation is the regenerating power of sleep. Whether you're trying to get things right or you're choosing the right car for your needs, sleeping on it is a technique that pays off.
Harvard researchers have shown that after a good night's sleep, the chances of the subjects examined in finding solutions to the proposed problems are doubled.
6 - Funny
Humour - but also chocolate, sport and sex - stimulates dopamine, the chemical messenger of wellbeing, a kind of natural drug responsible for our well-being.
7 - Best of all
Even in a culture obsessed with youth, mature and experienced people looking for key roles, what is wisdom on a neurological level? Scholars are trying to understand this.
The hypothesis is that people with age accumulate millions and millions of possible social scenarios recording as many facts and events.
They therefore improve strategic and organizational skills, the management of social interactions and the ability to manage complex situations.
Make sure you know that with age certain things will be good for the better.
