Brain Boosters

Steve Bordley was a real estate agent in Scottsdale, Arizona, when he had an accident that left him wheelchair-bound for 2 years.  During that time, his blood pressure and cholesterol went up and [...]

According to a Jenkins Group survey, 42% of American college graduates will never read another book – and the ones who are reading books, choose bestsellers from the last 10 years along with [...]

Juggling has been shown to expand the size of the brain. A German study published in the journal, Nature, examined 24 people, half of whom were were randomly assigned to learn and practise [...]

Dr Ellen Langer, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, conducted research to explore whether cultural attitudes and stereotypes about old age can contribute to physical decline.  [...]

Several times throughout each day, empty your mind and switch off your thinking. How?  Didn’t Descartes say, “I think, therefore I am”?  He did.  But he wasn’t entirely correct.  We [...]

Every year during the last two weeks in April I avidly attend the German Film Festival which takes place in most capital cities throughout Australia.  Several years ago, I lived in Germany for [...]

Our focus acts as both a magnifying glass and a magnet. In other words, whatever we put our attention on, expands in our life. Whatever we talk about, we see more of. Whatever we think about, we [...]

Although we are capable of multi-tasking, we are not capable of multi-focusing: neither the male nor the female brain can focus on more than one thing at a time.  If we’re doing three things at [...]

Our attitude to ageing has a measurable effect on our longevity and brain performance.  In a 2002 research paper, scientist Becca Levy recorded that people with more positive perceptions of [...]

Get enthusiastic.  Do things you love.  Do things you’re passionate about. Being excited and enthusiastic enhances our mental capacity enormously.  Excitement is synonymous with motivation.  When [...]