You may feel like sitting around watching endless hours of Directstartv isn’t great for your brain but you’d be wrong! There are tons of TV shows on right now that keep the adult mind active and we’d like to tell you about a few of our favorites:
Wheel of Fortune: If word puzzles are your thing you’ve got to tune in to the classic dinner-time game show. It’s light and airy and if you solve the puzzle first you feel like a (more…)

The brain is a funny thing. It requires constant stimulation and exercise to operate at its peak level. New experiences require it to work. New tastes, new smells, new sights, but those are often an expensive form of brain training. One cannot always fly off to another country at the drop of a hat or go to the latest source of haute cuisine. One thing the average person can do is learn or read. From childhood people are told to ,”Never stop learning.Is this new to you? Catch up here” With the internet, there is a wealth of information available for free. Anything of interest can (more…)

Learning a foreign language can be a very great way to develop the mind. And I should know; for I have not only been studying languages since I was a child” first by French classes in elementary school in Canada and later majoring in Spanish (and taking French and German also) in college, but I have studied a number of languages on my own. Let me describe two ways in which that is so.

Languages are made up of patterns that can easily be laid out in tables. This is (more…)

Reading builds brain muscle. The brain cells, known as neurons, have the ability to make new connections. This neuropacity allows you to learn.Reading can help in developing new connections and strengthen the brain.According to studies, brain images done on children showed ,with instruction, poor readers could improve.The images showed changes where new connections were formed.Older adults can stimulate their rain by reading. Daily activities that include reading, such as crossword puzzles,and using the computer help form new coinnections and strengthen the brain. Reading, unlike watching teleivision,is a particapitory activity, (more…)

There have been numerous studies that have confirmed that social interaction can help keep a person’s mind sharp. One study analyzed over 3,600 people from the ages of 24 to the age of 96 to verify that talking to just one person for only 10 minutes a day can help boost mental function. Talking to other people can keep the mind just as sharp as if the person was doing mental exercises.

So what does that mean for the average person? It means they should try to engage in healthy social interaction at least once (more…)

After your years of formal education are over, some people feel that they are done with the learning process. Whether you’ve just gotten your high school diploma and or have gone through graduate school, education never ends. Every day we learn something new, whether it’s from walking down the street, playing with our children or taking continuing education classes.

Many places offer some sort of continuing education courses for people of all ages and education ranges. Community education is (more…)

We are always looking for new ways to stimulate ourselves whether it be through social interactions, reading, writing or traveling. The Brain is one of the most complex and most amazing gifts we have been given and it is important to keep it sharp and of course continually stimulate the brain. Studies have shown that travel is one such way to keep our brains stimulated and our minds sharp.

You probably have heard many times that you need to continually be learning and exposing yourself to new and exciting things to (more…)