via newsweek.com
Excellent Newsweek article on how it can possibly be done. And forget that small piece of scientific data that states the benefits of nicotine. Dementia and a host of other illness– the cancers of the throat and lungs being foremost– is not quite worth any efforts at building a better brain!
But the three things that WILL work as per this article– and ones that I resoundingly support– are these:
1. Physical Exercise
2. Meditation
3. Videogames (ha!)
So, here’s to a better brain in 2011. Remember folks: get the dopamine levels UP and the cortisol levels down!
Oh, and crossword puzzles might not really help, but they’ll make you FEEL smarter, so keep doing those for sure!
On that third point, folks, consider playing an instrument to be another excellent exercise to hone those hand-eye skills of coordination, and riffing is a form of strategy. your voice is an instrument too, btw.