Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger.Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases over time. Continually lifting the same weight the same way stops working.It might come as a surprise to learn that the brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles, even though most of us never think about it that way.
- ▪If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat.
- ▪Over time, it grows stronger.Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases over time.
- ▪Continually lifting the same weight the same way stops working.It might come as a surprise to learn that the brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles, even though most of us never think about it that way.
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If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger.Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases over time. Continually lifting the same weight the same way stops working.It might come as a surprise to learn that the brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles, even though most of us never think about it that way. Clear thinking, focus, creativity and good judgment are built through challenge, when the brain is asked to stretch beyond routine rather than run on autopilot.
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