In recent years, meditation has been put on the spotlight gaining recognition for its health benefits. Scientists have been doing tons of research to identify how exactly meditation works and why it is effective. New studies are coming out nearly every week full of evidence to illustrate these benefits...
Most of us know that the brain has an impact on our learning, but did you realize that our learning has an impact on our brains? When we learn our brains grow, both figuratively and literally, for the better.
Before we can become passionate about pursuing life-long learning it may be beneficial to understand how the brain is positively impacted by learning. If we understand the significance of learning, we’ll then become more intentional about pursuing and incorporating it.
Nobody wants to waste away, even in old age. We’ve all seen the elderly person who can’t remember yesterday and always yells for you to speak up. While we love these senior citizens, we may not want to become them. And we don’t have to! It’s important to understand that while we cannot control IF we age, we do have control over HOW we age.
The good news is that many people enjoy a healthy and good life well into their golden years. New advancements in medicine and psychology further aid this process of being the best you for your whole life. Here are four ways to age better by developing your mind.
It’s often said that the mind is a terrible thing to waste and that very well may be true. But how exactly does one go about the process of keeping the mind sharp? It may seem complex, but there are a host of tasks and actions that are relatively easy to implement that can help develop the mind so that it is constantly growing and developing.
Boosting memory power has many advantages both in our personal lives as well as our professional lives. The ability to remember facts at our fingertips, remember the schedule and appointments that we have to keep, and the ability to remember faces and names, goes a long way to making us productive members of society.
Like anything we do, strengthening your attention skills comes down to repetition. It is no different than going to the gym, running daily, or going to yoga. It is only through repetition that we are able to improve upon what we have. Getting a baseline for your attention is key, so that you can adjust the exercises accordingly.
As we age our brain undergoes changes. Things that were once easy to recall become harder and harder to remember. Names disappear from our memory; recall is a little slower; and sometimes we just forget to do certain things.
Your brain is the most important organ in your body. You absolutely cannot function without it and if your brain is running slow, so are you. How then, can we make sure our brain keeps working for us? As we age, diseases such as dementia threaten our golden years.
Brain or Brawn? Chances are you’re more one than the other, but that shouldn’t matter when it comes to the power of our brain. If you’ve focused on your body, what do you think drives the body? If you’ve focused on your brain, don’t you want to keep sharpening it, especially as you glice you’re your aging years. Read on for five key reasons to improve your brain power.
What is Cognitive Ability? According to Dan Ispas, Et al, in the International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2015) cognitive ability is…
“a general mental capability involving reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, complex idea comprehension, and learning from experience.”
Your mind is one of your most important assets. It has the final say in the workings of your body and in your daily habits. That being said, the mind can make our break itself.
There are habits that can damage your mind. These practices will have you forgetting little things, zoning out, and unable to focus. If you find yourself engaging in even one of these habits, beware. Your mind may not age well with you!
Whether it’s in work life and home life, eating healthy and eating what makes you happy, doing stuff for others without neglecting yourself, etc., everything works better and goes more smoothly when you’ve got a balance.
Achieving said balance isn’t the easiest thing, but we’ve come up with five ways to introduce more balance into your life and get things going in the right direction.
