How do you get out of the daily routine and rekindle the creativity that many of us left behind in childhood.
Preserve the childlike mind, which continually learns and grows through play and discovery.
Orchestrate lives to provide regular mental pursuits capable of combating the decline as we age.
The common wisdom is that after childhood we have a fixed number of neurons, which gradually die off during our lives, and that these neurons are organized in a fixed architecture. Not true: New neurons are born throughout life, and synaptic connections are being formed and erased all the time in a phenomenon called neuroplasticity. Cognitive exercise – or the lack of it – can (de)accelerate the process.
Learn to seek out unaccustomed inputs. Keep challenging the mind by mastering new skills.
Engage in some pursuit – story writing, lego modeling, sketching, surfing– that challenges the brain. Cognitive exercise will keep you agile, adaptive and fit for life.
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Hello, Pradeep.
Your readers might be interested in Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl's study on Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory (PNAS April 2008) which recorded increases in short term memory and mental agility (fluid intelligence) of more than 40% after 19 days of focused brain training.
I was so impressed that I contacted the research team and developed a software program using the same method so that anyone can achieve these improvements at home.
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