How to Tune Up Your Brain !!

We live in an age that's gushing with information and dizzying possibilities. You can almost feel your brain cells crackling to keep up with the choices—trivial and profound—that confront us at every turn Surely there has never been a greater need to stay alert and informed, to act shrewdly and remain focused.

Luckily, we also live in an era in which research is showing us how to nurture and maintain our mental faculties—from infancy through the golden years—and how to deter what was once seen as an inevitable decline. Some new findings confirm what we have always suspected: Grandma was right—fish really is brain food; a steaming cup of joe actually does turbocharge our mental acuity; getting less than eight hours of sleep seriously compromises our ability to concentrate and solve problems.

This is extracted from a recent TIME magazine research that I came across. And some of the findings are unexpected, even counterintuitive. Creativity, for instance, rarely strikes in a flash but more typically results from steady cogitation. Multitasking, for all its seeming efficiency, can exact a heavy toll on the quality of our output. Daily meditation physically transforms the cerebral cortex. Physical exercise may be as important as mental gymnastics in keeping Alzheimer's disease at bay. .

Breeze through these articles compliled from the time magazine collector’s edition. It offers a wealth of new discoveries and practical information to guide you in the care and maintenance of your mental faculties. Pay careful attention. Don't get distracted. But don't stress too much either; relaxation is a balm for the overtaxed brain.