From Lifehacker: Top 10 Tips and Tricks to Train, Exercise, and Better Your Brain

Posted byJason W. Ellis

Lifehacker has a good list of 10 things to do to challenge, workout, and maintain a healthy brain. What is great about the list is the free online resources that they link to that can help each of us develop our brain’s potential. You probably already know that diet and exercise are essential to healthy brain operation, but others that are less obvious include #5-Tell Yourself Stories and #6-Act Like You’re Teaching.

Go here for the full list: Top 10 Tips and Tricks to Train, Exercise, and Better Your Brain.

Published by Jason W. Ellis

I am an Associate Professor of English at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY whose teaching includes composition and technical communication, and research focuses on science fiction, neuroscience, and digital technology. Also, I direct the B.S. in Professional and Technical Writing Program and coordinate the City Tech Science Fiction Collection, which holds more than 600 linear feet of magazines, anthologies, novels, and research publications.