Method / step
1. Eat with eyes closed
In order to use the brain consciously, you can block some information, such as visual information. Close your eyes, rely on other senses to find food, and then send it to your mouth, which can stimulate touch, taste and smell, thus enhancing the function of related areas in the brain.
2. Eat foods rich in lecithin
Acetylcholine is the brain's' lubricant ', it can make the brain more active. However, lecithin can be converted into acetylcholine. Therefore, eating more lecithin rich foods such as peanuts, soybeans and soybeans will help improve memory.
3. Distinguish coins with fingers
Put several coins of different denominations in your pocket at any time, and try to distinguish them with your fingertips when you are free. This can stimulate the cerebral cortex, and thus tap out some hidden abilities of the brain.
4. Turn off the sound and watch TV
Block the sound, only rely on the picture to analyze the content in the TV. Doing so stimulates the cortex and trains yourself to focus on one thing.
5. Hold your nose and drink coffee or tea
The aroma of coffee and tea will be introduced into the brain through the nasal mucosa and olfactory nerve, and then analyzed in the brain.
But now that you can't smell the fragrance, the brain can only rely on the taste of the tongue to desperately analyze what goes into the mouth, so that it can get exercise.
6. read aloud.
The process of reading aloud is to give visual stimulation back to hearing and confirm it. It brings much more stimulation to brain than silent reading, so the memory is more profound. When reading this article, it is recommended that you choose to read silently when you need to obtain information, and choose to read aloud when you analyze or memorize information.
7. Learn a foreign language
There is an area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which directly affects your decision-making ability. Learning a foreign language can improve this area's ability.
8. Order something you haven't eaten
Doing things you are used to will make you feel relaxed. For example, go to a regular restaurant for dinner and order the dishes you used to eat. This is because the program memory has been formed in your brain and will not stimulate the brain any more.
So it's very important to consciously do something that you don't often do - new attempts are a great stimulus for the brain.
9. take a detour.
When you are free, you can try to make a detour, even if you are lost.
In order to find the right path, you will use your brain, and this state of full operation is very beneficial to exercise your brain.
10. Brush your teeth with your left hand
Most people are used to using the right hand, the right hand movement is dominated by the left brain, so people usually use the left brain more. If you consciously let your left hand do something, it's a new stimulus for the brain, and it's good for developing your right brain.
11. drink yogurt
Probiotics are not only good for the intestines and stomach, but also help to control anxiety and make the brain show stronger ability in emotion and memory processing.
12. Distract
Get up and walk, climb stairs, take a deep breath or stretch. Perhaps you've realized that while doing these relaxing physical activities, your brain will continue to process the last task, and sometimes even generate new ideas.
13. Go to a strange place
By experiencing the unknown world, we can make the brain more spacious. Going to places you haven't seen and seeing things you haven't seen can keep your brain fresh.
14. Look at the problem from another angle
There are things you can't even think of. You need to try to observe and think from all angles, so the brain will become more and more flexible.
15. having breakfast
Brain weight only accounts for 2% of the total weight of human body, but its energy consumption accounts for 18% of the total energy consumption, and its only energy source is glucose. Morning is the most glucose deficient period in the brain. If you go to school or work without breakfast, the brain will be lack of energy and can't give full play to its ability. Research shows that breakfast can provide the brain with 25% of the energy needed for a day.
16. chew more
The more you chew, the more blood flow in your brain increases.
17., let's go.
The motor nerve center is in the prefrontal lobe of the brain, from which the motor commands are given. Fast walking for 20 minutes every day can improve blood flow of brain and stimulate brain to produce beneficial active substances.
Research shows that regular exercise can reduce the risk of dementia.
18. Management time
In the late 1980s, scientists invented a time management method: use a simple kitchen timer to set a 25 minute time limit for work, and take a few minutes off as soon as the time arrives, which will make your mind more agile.
19. Create happiness
The reason why you can feel joy and pleasure is that the brain endocrine a material called dopamine, this material can also promote the development of neural brain cells, expand the neural network. You can take the initiative to make dopamine, such as setting yourself some easy goals from time to time: improve food, go to the movies with your girlfriend at night. When you think about these pleasant goals, your brain secretes dopamine, and you can do your job more efficiently.
20. Judge whether you are right brain type or left brain type
The right brain is suitable for processing image, space, music and other information. It has strong intuition and comprehensive judgment, as well as the ability of information synthesis and overall cognition. People with developed right brain are usually good at art and music, but they have a headache about mathematics. The left brain is suitable for the processing of language and calculation. The way of action is analytical and theoretical. Generally, people with developed left brain are good at mathematics and are good at thinking logically.
It is the first thing to judge which brain type you are if you can use your brain efficiently. Therefore, only when you do what you like, your brain will be more excited.
21. more sleep
You are right. Sleeping can make you smarter. When you wake up, you will find that memory is better.
22. eat Jiang Huang
Turmeric is a kind of condiment and a common spice in curry. Its turmeric pigment helps prevent dementia.
23. Regular exercise
According to the theory in exercise and the revolutionary new science of the brain, taekwondo, dancing and other sports can improve the coordination ability of the brain.
Even if you live at home, you can take the body sense controller of Wii and dance in front of the TV screen to exercise your brain.
24. let the mobile phone rest
Constantly checking SMS and email can be distracting and inefficient. If you can, try turning off your phone at a certain time, and you'll be able to concentrate on your work.
25. frown
Don't look down on the simple action of frowning, it will make your thinking more critical and analytical.
26. Watch new video
Use the power of thought to change your mind, such as watching cutting-edge technology, politics and art related videos, and you'll suddenly become more thoughtful.
27. Using pictures
One of the secrets to enhance your memory is to combine what you want to remember with a vivid picture or picture.
28. Create chaos
Smell is closely related to people's memory, and the stimulation of general smell is consistent with the things in front of them.
But if the nose smells the aroma of coffee, but what it sees is the appearance of fish, then your brain will start to 'mess', and this kind of mess can stimulate some nerves in the brain, make nerve cells secrete more neurotransmitters, so as to optimize brain function.
29. Affirm yourself
Constantly hinting and affirming yourself, enhancing this awareness will slowly activate the brain's subconscious, and help you to achieve your goals with all your strength.
30. Play action games
Playing some action and gunfight games can improve your reaction speed and coordination ability.
31. Read smart people's Micro blog
Some people's microblogs will open your eyes, such as economists who predicted the subprime crisis, novelists who won literary awards, etc.
32. Say it and write it down
The idea is transformed into language, which is transmitted from the brain, and then transformed into words or sounds again to enter the brain for analysis. At this time, the information received by the brain will be filtered by you again, maybe you can generate better ideas.
33. Visit art museum
This not only makes you look smarter, but also helps you reduce stress and focus.
34. Play guessing games
Word games and guessing can reduce the risk of dementia. Do you like to play crossword and Sudoku? Don't feel guilty about wasting time. Know that you are 'improving yourself'.
35. Moving fingers
Many of the brain's stimuli are transmitted by fingers, such as playing the piano or tapping the keyboard.
When you reach the level of 'blind play', the stimulation of fingers on the brain will gradually decrease, so you need to take the initiative to practice some new actions, such as playing 'fruit cutting' and other games through electronic devices with touch screen.
36. Eating dark chocolate and drinking red wine
Flavonoids in dark chocolate and red wine help improve memory, and now you have an excuse to drink.
37. playing musical instruments
Pick up your guitar and play drums. It doesn't matter if you play well. The key is that playing musical instruments can make the parts of the brain that control memory and coordination more active.
38. drink coffee
Women who drink four cups of coffee a day are less likely to be depressed than women who drink one cup of coffee a day. And studies have shown that coffee improves short-term memory.
39. Find a hobby
If you are particularly good at something you are interested in, your brain will become more efficient when you do things. Chess experts are more discerning than amateurs.
40. Comment
Anyone can be a critic on the Internet.
Whether it's a book, a movie, or some kind of food, you can write down your feelings in a concise way through microblog, which can help you better analyze and think.
41. farewell to calculator
Force yourself to do as much as you can. For example, go to the supermarket and figure out the total price by mouth, or figure out how much the meal will cost based on the memory of the unit price of the dishes.
42. Embrace nature
A few minutes on a crowded street can damage memory and self-control, because there are too many distracting stimuli in a big city to keep your brain busy.
So get out of the city as much as you can, and getting in touch with nature can help your brain recover to its best.