08-04-2004, 02:13 PM
Enrich your life!
I am not a memory expert still some of my suggestions and reading may help you little bit more.
I was talking about puzzles and games in my last writing, indeed they are obvious choices for keeping memory intact and sharp. But we need to expose ourselves to new and interesting environments.
Research with animals has clearly shown that unusual and stimulating environments can stop the brain from shrinking with age and can actually improve brain-cell connections and boost memory skills. Rats who lived in cages with plenty of exciting toys and lots of stimulation had larger, healthier brain cells and larger outer-brain layers. Deprived rats living in barren cages with no toys had smaller brains.
So donât be lazy! Move out and visit new places, do new things. Take up a sport or start a hobby. Visit museums or places of interest in your city/town youâve never taken the time to investigate before.
Learn a foreign language. Take up chess.
If you stay active, interested in life, and engaged in the world, your memory doesnât have to deteriorate as you age. Make sure your home environment is stimulating and enriched, with lots of colors, sounds, smells, and things to do. Anything that engages the senses will also improve your mind and strengthen your memoryâso touch, feel, smell, and experience new things.
⢠Make sure you have music playing every day if you are not religious (NATT SHARIF). Any music is good, but research suggests that classical music is especially stimulating to the intellect.
⢠Add lots of books to the roomâand read them, donât just look at them.
⢠Try some challenging books. âBeach readsâ are okay for fun, but choose a more difficult book sometimes that makes you stop and think about what youâre reading.
⢠Add a fish tank with lots of colorful fish and interesting tank toys.
⢠Paint the walls interesting, unusual colors, or add some wallpaper.
Select interesting art, rugs, and curtains. Use lots of different textures.
⢠If you have the space, put out a few birdhouses and feeders by a window and keep a pair of binoculars handy. Plant some brightly colored flowers outdoors, and hang a hummingbird feeder.
⢠Donât forget the flowers indoors, tooâthe colors and smells will be an added sensory boost.
⢠Set out a jigsaw puzzle or chessboard and regularly engage visitors in a game.
⢠Plug in a computer and use it to surf the Internet or play a challenging game. Computer games can improve memory in such fun ways youâll hardly notice the effort.
⢠Eat ethnic food youâve never before sampled.
⢠Choose one new recipe a week to try out on your family.
Color, good smell, flower, and challenge will give you good memory.
Kris
kris
I am not a memory expert still some of my suggestions and reading may help you little bit more.
I was talking about puzzles and games in my last writing, indeed they are obvious choices for keeping memory intact and sharp. But we need to expose ourselves to new and interesting environments.
Research with animals has clearly shown that unusual and stimulating environments can stop the brain from shrinking with age and can actually improve brain-cell connections and boost memory skills. Rats who lived in cages with plenty of exciting toys and lots of stimulation had larger, healthier brain cells and larger outer-brain layers. Deprived rats living in barren cages with no toys had smaller brains.
So donât be lazy! Move out and visit new places, do new things. Take up a sport or start a hobby. Visit museums or places of interest in your city/town youâve never taken the time to investigate before.
Learn a foreign language. Take up chess.
If you stay active, interested in life, and engaged in the world, your memory doesnât have to deteriorate as you age. Make sure your home environment is stimulating and enriched, with lots of colors, sounds, smells, and things to do. Anything that engages the senses will also improve your mind and strengthen your memoryâso touch, feel, smell, and experience new things.
⢠Make sure you have music playing every day if you are not religious (NATT SHARIF). Any music is good, but research suggests that classical music is especially stimulating to the intellect.
⢠Add lots of books to the roomâand read them, donât just look at them.
⢠Try some challenging books. âBeach readsâ are okay for fun, but choose a more difficult book sometimes that makes you stop and think about what youâre reading.
⢠Add a fish tank with lots of colorful fish and interesting tank toys.
⢠Paint the walls interesting, unusual colors, or add some wallpaper.
Select interesting art, rugs, and curtains. Use lots of different textures.
⢠If you have the space, put out a few birdhouses and feeders by a window and keep a pair of binoculars handy. Plant some brightly colored flowers outdoors, and hang a hummingbird feeder.
⢠Donât forget the flowers indoors, tooâthe colors and smells will be an added sensory boost.
⢠Set out a jigsaw puzzle or chessboard and regularly engage visitors in a game.
⢠Plug in a computer and use it to surf the Internet or play a challenging game. Computer games can improve memory in such fun ways youâll hardly notice the effort.
⢠Eat ethnic food youâve never before sampled.
⢠Choose one new recipe a week to try out on your family.
Color, good smell, flower, and challenge will give you good memory.
Kris
kris
