What are your routines to stay fit and healthy? Is it a walk or run, maybe hitting the gym once in a while? You may have a variety of activities up your sleeve.
But what about your mind? Yes, we do need to keep paying attention to our bodies, but our minds are also very important. Did you know that our brain is pretty similar and needs exercises to stay fit?
There are some brain flexing activities you’ve probably heard before – sudoku and crosswords are supposed to increase your brain activity. And while these brain-teasers are great, there is more to it than a quick puzzle.
So, let’s dive into it!
In order to “train” your brain and stimulate it in the right way, the activities need to be novel and complex. Let’s take a look at our daily lives and the fixed routines we tend to create. For our brain, more routine means less decision making. Especially in the digital era, our lives are over saturated with information and short term, easily accessible stimulus.
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