I have spent some time lately trying out different memory techniques to remember a deck of cards (52 cards) and this week was the first time I managed to go under 5 minutes (4.57 to be exact). The following day I managed to memorize a deck in under 4 minutes (3.59) 
Don’t really know how I managed to cut a whole minute in one day.
Guess my next goal is to be under 3 minutes. Let you guys know when/if I manage to break that.
There’s a competition where you can compete against other people to see who has the best memory. This competition was invented by Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene. They have 10 different disciplines where they test to see who has the best memory. It seems like this competition is growing and they have participants from more than 30 countries.
We will try to go through all these disciplines during this year and try out some techniques to see how well we would manage in the real competition. If one of us seems to be successful enough we might try to participate in the coming memory competition this year.
In its first three years, a baby’s brain grows almost three times in size.
Praising children with good performance is more difficult than most would believe. It’s very common for proud parents to say to their kids “You are so smart” after they do well on a test in school. This method is known as fixed mindset praise. So what’s wrong with that?
The problem arise next time the kid don’t do well on a test. They will think that they aren’t that smart, and it becomes a personal failure. With a limited depth of understanding and wanting to please the parents, this could lead to a downward spiral in their performance. Generally, children raised with fixed mindset praise don’t perform their optimal capacity in school, and won’t get good grades. Read the rest of this entry »
In the many reasons why breastfed children are healthier than formulafed, there is one in particular that caught our attention – smarter kids if they were breastfed as infants. Now, there is no guaranties that they will turnout to be the next Einstein because of it, but we have research data that shows children having up to ten IQ-points more than their counterparts. The studies even show that these kids have better grades in schools.
According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology says that a good intake of vitamin E might help to prevent poor memory.
Nuts are a great source of vitamin E along with leafy green vegetables, seeds, eggs, brown rice and wholegrains.
So let go for nuts as snacks.
This is a a follow-up book of the earlier book from the author of The Female Brain.
Dr. Louann Brizendine’s has researched and written a guide to understand the male brain from infancy to adulthood. It unlocks many secrets and interesting insights to understand the male. This is a good guide to understand the male for both women and every man why they act as they do.
Here is a link to an interview with the author in ABC New: Going Inside The Male Brain.
Did you know that the male brain…
Even though there are many women watching football, a good number of women rather not watch violent sports. (44.3 million women watched the 2009 Super Bowl, for example). But guys are drawn to football and martial arts, boxing wrestling etc in ways that women aren’t.
Men tend to be more aggressive according to Lucy L. Brown, Ph.D., a professor in the departments of neurology and neuroscience at Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. The difference likely involves hormones (like testosterone) and sensitivities to those hormones in parts of the brain such as the hypothalamus, which in animals is associated with aggression.
When a male is watching his winning team win there is an increase of testosterone levels according to a study in Physiology & Behavior from 1998.When a male is viewing combative sports, it will help the man to identify with traditional ideals of masculinity like domination, risk taking, and competition, explains Douglas Hartmann, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota.
A poor memory can threaten many things in life for instance personal relationships and business contacts. Most people forgets small things that might be very important for people around them and this affects the relationship. By paying little attention to improve their memoy skills and consequently put up with faulty recall.
A particular disturbing habit some people give is empty promises. This causes upsets and misunderstandings that can be frustrating for family members, friends and business relationships.
In many cases the person that was promised something might also forget what was promised. But when people do remember the empty words from the speaker this will lead to poor relationships. Do you promise to call your friends later this weekend and end up forgetting it? Did you promise your colleague to help with a task and never did help this person?
These empty promises will send out a bad message about your character and remember different people have very different levels of sensitivity. Your trustworthiness will drop and this all due to bad memory. A poor memory can destroy relationships and you will be categorized as a forgetful or thoughtless person that cannot be trusted. Nobody wants the embarrassment of reminding you and the things you have committed to.
How to start your journey to stop making empty promises?
9-13 March
Barcelona, Spain.
10th International Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases.
12-19 March
Les 2 Alpes. France.
31st European Winter Conference on Brain Research.
14-20 March
Worldwide Brain Awareness Week: Global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research.
