10 Fun Games to Keep Your Brain in Shape

Bored?… Waiting for someone?… Stuck in the office doing the same old monotonous thing?… Feel like a robot?… Then try out these 10 fun, smart and challenging games to improve your mood, sharpen your memory and exercise your concentration skills: 1. Sudoku Sudoku is a very challenging game that can put your brain to a serious workout. The game consists of 9 boxes of 3X3 grids. Based on some initially given digits, you have to figure out the other ones so that there are no two of the same digit in a small box, row or column. Sounds simple right?…Read the Rest

7 Most Important Nutrients To Boost Your Memory

Memory is the mental activity of recalling learned and/or experienced information. There are 2 types of memory: 1. Short-term memory 2. Long-term memory In short-term memory information is stored for a few seconds or a few minutes. Such memory is fragile and is able to hold an average of seven items (phone numbers, credit card numbers, etc.). In long-term memory we store information for our life / jobs / etc. Sometimes, accessing information stored in long-term memory requires a conscious effort to recall: personal memories related to our experiences (episodic memory), factual data not connected to time or place (semantic…Read the Rest

20 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Memory

Memory is the mental activity of recalling learned and/or experienced information. There are 2 types of memory: Short-term memory Long-term memory In short-term memory information is stored for a few seconds or a few minutes. Such memory is fragile and is able to hold an average of SEVEN items (phone numbers, credit card numbers, etc.), In long term memory we store information needed for our lives / jobs / etc. Sometimes, accessing information stored in long-term memory requires a conscious effort to recall: personal memories related to our experiences (episodic memory), factual data not connected to time or place (semantic…Read the Rest

Fuel for the Brain

Fruits are glucose in the human body. The human brain uses only glucose to function. Because neurons cannot store glucose, they depend on the bloodstream to deliver constant supply of glucose. The level of glucose in our blood is very important as too much of it at a time can actually make our brain lose glucose. As the level of glucose in the blood stream increases, the brain depletes its energy supply, influencing our abilities to remember, learn and concentrate. Is good to remember that mental activity requires a lot of energy as our brain cells need two times more…Read the Rest