Your brain is like a muscle, the more you use it the better it gets.
When was the last time you gave your Brain a solid workout?
It’s like a muscle, you must exercise it.
To build and keep your body fit, you can run around the block, do some push ups or even go down the gym.
Baby boomers use it or lose it
As you get older, you need to maintain your brain. If your senior years seem to slipping away on you while you weren’t looking, then it’s time to start feeding your mind. Because you don’t want let your mental acuity slip.
Recent studies show your old brains are just as capable of learning, as kids. It might take longer to learn.
Get your brain tuned up and ready to keep your thought life healthy.
One of the new buzzwords is Neuroplasticity or brain plasticity refers to the brain’s ability to CHANGE throughout life.Your brain has the amazing ability to reorganize itself by forming new connections between brain cells (neurons).
Neuroplasticity occurs in the brain whenever you learn and memorise something new.
Just like challenging your muscles to increase your strength, doing crossword puzzles, math puzzles and Sudoku, will flex your gray matter. Because it creates neuron growth and increases brain function. So if you practice playing the piano, do math problems, or learn a foreign language, then you are constantly strengthening certain pathways in their brains.
Give your brain a chance to stretch by exercising your capability and grow.
It’s not just baby boomers
I know your probably thinking, that good, for Baby Boomers to know, but what does that have to do with me. Well the latest research shows cognitive decline much earlier than first thought. It seems your brain and starts to slowly shrinking around the age 27. So when you get to 27 years old its downhill, your abstract reasoning, brain speed, and puzzle-solving show signs are fading.
The good news your average memory decline begins at about age 37. It’s not only Baby Boomers who need to train their brain. When you learn new a language or take up another skill, because you’re shaping your synapses, and nudging your neurons to boost memory function. Your brain will get stronger or faster by working out.
Math puzzles will keep your brain in shape, and sharp!
“solving puzzles or do brainteasers activity helps the neutrons work proficiently. However, once you beat the game, move on to a harder one to keep your brain challenged”. At Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Stuart Zola, Ph.D.-an Alzheimer researcher
It’s not as if you got to head to the closest library and study astrophysics or solve a calculus equations. There more fun ways to exercise your mind. And one of the easiest and most entertaining ways is doing math puzzles and games.
“benefits of playing cards, or doing crosswords or engaging in other games and activities that tickles the gray matter.” Robert Mair, professor of psychology and chairman of the UNH Department of Psychology
Math Puzzles such as sudoku can keep your brain active. It’s even better if you can interact with other people, so why have a game of cards Monopoly. So, give your mind a bit of exercise. Do it the fun way with
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