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31 Steps to Learn Smarter
Smart Steps to Get Your Brain Up to Speed. Improve Your Life by Mastering Your Mind and Impress Everybody
Chapter 1 - Learn Smart by Having Fun
Step 1: Train Your Brain With Lumosity
Lumosity is an online brain training program developed by neuroscientist from 36 leading universities around the globe. Although mainly composed of cognitive games that are scientifically proven to boost the brain's power, it is actually a comprehensive training program that aims to improve five aspects of the human cognition: memory, attention, speed, flexibility, and problem solving skill. You are guaranteed to see the difference just by playing for at least ten minutes a day.
How does it work? Under the five aspects, you choose subcategories that apply to your needs. The games that will be instantly recommended to you have all been designed based on your specifications. Your daily progress will then be recorded and analyzed by the system to give you accurate advice on what else to do.
It currently has 50 million users and has been published in scientific journals, so you are guaranteed with a fun yet systematic way to boost your brain.
Step 2: Read More
Reading is not just a pastime to entertain yourself and stimulate your imagination; it is also an effective exercise for the brain to aid in faster learning. This activity stimulates the left side of the brain which is in charge of your creativity. When used more often, it develops a whole system of recalling and association through visualization to make memorization faster and more accurate.
Reading also improves blood flow to the brain, which means more oxygen is carried to it for higher functioning. As you read, the nerve cells in your brain regenerate faster. This, in effect, leads to better synapses of the nervous impulses transferred from one nerve to another. Imagine how it can make learning easier for you if you will make reading a habit.
Step 3: Play Puzzles and Other Brain Games
Puzzles and other board games are usually called brain training aids because of their apparent benefit to the mind. Seniors who answer crosswords daily have sharper minds, faster recalling ability, and more capable of memorization. Kids who regularly play with Sudoku have better logical and spatial intelligence. People who often play scrabble are more linguistically adept and are able to recall the right words they need faster. You might be surprised, but even kids who regularly play video games tend to score higher on tests because of the rapid mental exercise they get from the intense game.
Puzzles and other brain games are the best pastime because they are entertaining without sacrificing mental development. Many of them also improve mind-body coordination and attention span.
Chapter 2 - Learn Smart by Relaxing
Step 4: Sleep at Least Eight Hours a Day
Do not underestimate the power of sleep because it ultimately decides how your brain works for the entire day. You restart your computer when it starts to become sluggish. You rest your car when it overheats. You sit idly when your legs feel exhausted. This is the same with your brain.
The deletion of short-term memories and the storage of long-term memories happen when you are asleep. Not having enough of it leads to having many important data in your brain deleted and the storage process shortened. As a result, recalling becomes harder and memorization takes longer.
Furthermore, brain cells are produced and repaired when you are at complete rest. This is the time when the damaged bridges between nerves are connected once again for a smoother passage of information from your brain's processing region to the storage region.
Step 5: Meditate for 10 Minutes a Day
Stop looking at meditation as a means to merge with the universe's cosmic energy or find a gateway to release your astral body. Paranormal and spiritual teachings aside, meditation is a very basic way to unleash the best function of your brain in a very scientific way. Psychologists say that deep meditation reduces the secretion of the stress hormone cortisol, and instead, increases the secretion of dopamine and serotonin, two feel-good hormones that control mood and other biological functions.
When you have a positive mood, your brain also works faster because there is no hindrance to the transmission of data from one nerve to another. You definitely need to do this if you are already losing focus because of a lot things running in your head all at the same time.
Ideally, meditation is done every morning to set the tone for your whole day. However, it can also be used as a means to relax before a tougher challenge at work or school.
Step 6: Listen to Relaxing Music
Relaxing music, especially classical music, has been discovered to increase intelligence quotient especially among kids. The effect is not caused by some magical melody though. According to experts, music stimulates the brain to release various hormones that aid the brain into thinking clearer and processing information faster, and at the same time, smoothen out the mood to make you more emotionally stable.