3 ways to improve brain power

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With the state of the forum (sic! (?!)) I think these 3 tips will come handy for some ;)


1. Switch the side of your mouse-pad: Yes, it is as simple as that.
By switching the side of your mouse-pad you will force yourself to use your non-dominant hand. This, in turn, will stimulate the neural connections between the right and left hemispheres on your brain. Scientific research confirmed that people that use both hands equally have 10% more nerve fibers joining the two sides of the brain.

Ideally you want to perform as many activities as possible with your non-dominant hand, but some of them might become cumbersome. I tried to brush my teeth using my left hand for one week or so, only to find out that the tartar was building up.

Using the mouse with the opposite hand is something that you can easily integrate into your life. During the first couple of days it will feel weird, and you might need to switch back when using programs that require intense "clicking" sessions. After this adaptation phase however, you'll be navigating the computer just as efficiently with both hands.



2. Force yourself to remember things:
Sometimes you want to remember the name of a song that is playing or the name of an old acquaintance that passed by . It is right there, on the tip of your tongue, but you can't remember it. What would you normally do in such situation? Probably ask some nearby friend for the name, and upon the revelation you will even shout marveled, "Oh yeah! That is it."

The next time this happens force yourself to remember that name. The brain can be stimulated just like your muscles and the more you exercise it the stronger it will get.

Do not limit yourself to remembering names. Are you calling your mother to get the phone number of your uncle? Forget pen and paper - you can memorize it. Try to look at the keyboard of your phone in order to create a mental picture of what the sequence of numbers looks like.

The worse that can happens is that you will need to call your mom again...


3. Play games that involve some thinking:
You don't need to participate in the Mathematical Olympic Games in order to stretch your brain capabilities. Oh no, games and activities as simple as sudoku or crosswords will already have a tangible impact upon your brain performance.

Regularity is very important here, so try to incorporate these games or exercises into your routine. You could bring a crosswords book with you on the daily commute, for instance. Personally I like to play a chess match every day before I start working. It takes around 15 minutes, but it ensures that my brain gets a kick-start every morning.


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With the state of the forum (sic! (?!)) I think these 3 tips will come handy for some ;)


1. Switch the side of your mouse-pad: Yes, it is as simple as that.
By switching the side of your mouse-pad you will force yourself to use your non-dominant hand. This, in turn, will stimulate the neural connections between the right and left hemispheres on your brain. Scientific research confirmed that people that use both hands equally have 10% more nerve fibers joining the two sides of the brain.

Ideally you want to perform as many activities as possible with your non-dominant hand, but some of them might become cumbersome. I tried to brush my teeth using my left hand for one week or so, only to find out that the tartar was building up.

Using the mouse with the opposite hand is something that you can easily integrate into your life. During the first couple of days it will feel weird, and you might need to switch back when using programs that require intense "clicking" sessions. After this adaptation phase however, you'll be navigating the computer just as efficiently with both hands.



Kewl:D

My Pleasure hand is my left hand so that means it gets used quite a bit:cool:

Plus i tend to do other things with my left hand and use knives and forks in the opposite then every one else
 
4. Check to see if you have a crayon lodged in your brain and, if so, remove.


If I used my mouse with my left hand I wouldn't be able to use a computer at all, the left hand side of many body is near useless.
 
Just tried switching my mouse position... I got annoyed, switched back and now both my hands feel dodgey. God damn you!
 
rofl, try gaming with my left hand, your nuts, will be like starting from 5 years ago all over again!

other stuff sounds interesting tho, i can never do crosswords, mainly because i find they include words that are too old for me to have used, i feel theres a bit of age discrimination going on there, damn crosswords.
 
Just tried a spot of CSS with my Left hand ,I actually did quite well lol...Might alternate every day and really confuse the old brain !
 
Anyone know if the brain games for the Nintendo DS do actually improve the brain ? are there any facts out there?
 
is swapping the mouse hand more than once bad!

If anyone can remember the test, where they made people where upside-down goggles, so the brain saw everything upside down, the the brain was re-adjusted and could do everything normally withing a week (maybe longer). Then when they took off the Google, they had to readjust again, this took another week (see last bracket). But when they put the Google back on for 2nd time, there brains wouldn't readjust again at all! So, if you do something new, make sure you learn the best way first, in case you decide to screw yourself over! lol

Reading back over this thread I've realized that your two hands are independent(even though learning with opposite hand, your not making yourself forget how to with old hand), eyes aren't so don't worry if you've already decided to swap :p
 
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