10 Fun Games to Keep Your Brain in Shape

February 28, 2011 by  
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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

10 Best Foods for the Brain

February 7, 2011 by  
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Think fast!!! Having a diet based on variety is a healthy one. All foods have different nutritional value and provide certain health benefits for the human body. There are some foods however which, due to their nutritional composition, are healthier and better used for a specific function of our body. So what would be the best foods for, let’s say… the brain!?! This is what we’re going to try and find out in this article. 1. Salmon Wild salmon and seafood in general are extremely healthy. Including such food products in your diet will be very beneficial for the brain.…Read the Rest

7 Most Important Nutrients To Boost Your Memory

August 10, 2007 by  
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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