Traditional brain exercises help us focus on specific types of skills. A program called Neurobics suggests ways to make the brain work differently. Some examples of Neurobic exercises brushing your teeth with the opposite hand, taking a shower or finding your way around the house with your eyes closed, listen to a specific piece of music while burning a scented candle, taking a different way home from work, and rearranging your work desk.
Many of our day-to-day tasks are done with our brain on auto pilot. Neurobics forces the areas of the brain that aren’t normally used much to actually go to work. Researchers say strengthening all the areas helps the brain become more flexible and efficient and may help maintain mental agility in old age.
Making multi-sensory associations and doing something novel that is important to you or engaging are the key conditions for a genuine Neurobic exercise. Check out www.neurobics.com or the book, Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness by Lawrence Katz and Manning Rubin.
Playing games or working puzzles, learning new things or doing familiar routines differently are just a few activities that you and your family can do together not only to keep your minds active and growing, but to bond more closely together.
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