Many studies today show that as we age we tend to focus our education, training, and learning on topics that we are already familiar with and subjects that pertain to our current career.
While that is all fine and good, what ends up happening is that the majority of the population stops researching and learning about completely new subjects and skill-sets.
The mind is a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it becomes. Well, let me give you an analogy to explain what is happening to that muscle for anyone who stops learning new things, and only learns deeper levels of subjects they already know about.
It would be like somebody who wants to stay in shape physically, and they knew one Read More...
In 1996, while researching the brain at Harvard, she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. She lost language, movement and her relationship with reality. But what Dr. Bolte gained was even more profound.
Over the next 11 years she was able to completely heal her brain Read More...
How fast can you assemble this puzzle? Change the puzzle cut and piece number to increase the difficulty The more you play the stronger your mind becomes! Read More...
While working out and eating right are key parts of being fit and living a long and healthy life, what many people fail to think about is the health of their brains, the organ running the whole show. Your brain needs to get a workout too in order to keep itself in tip top shape and keep you mentally healthy for the rest of your life.
Here are some ways that you can give your brain a challenge and have fun at the same time.
Fitness Get your brain in shape while you get the rest of your body Read More...