Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Mental Workout

Mental workout can help streghten our mind by keeping it active. With training and regular practice, mental workout can enhance our learning ability. Advancing age affects our memory and cognitive abilities but if we stimulate our mind then we can minimize its effects or even improve it.

Everyday life challenges can affect how our brain processes information.  From the moment we wake up until we go to sleep at night, our brain keeps on working. In this day and age, we are all immobilize by all the comforts advance technology can offer. Sedentary lifestyle imprisons not only our physical self but our mind as well.

Like physical fitness, cognitive fitness is necessary. Our day to day routine becomes ordinary and less challenging as time goes on, therefore; we must find new interests to stimulate our minds. A break in the routine will help keep our minds active. For instance, we can learn to play a new instrument, do crossword puzzles, or maybe even learn a new language.

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