"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water
loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap
the vigor of the mind."
Leonardo
Da Vinci
Mental decline as you age appears to be largely due to
altered connections among brain cells. However, research has found that keeping
the brain active increases its vitality and may build its reserves of brain
cells and connections. You could even generate new brain cells. Low levels of
education have been found to be related to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s later
in life. This may be due to a lower level of life-long mental stimulation. Put
another way, higher levels of education appear to be somewhat protective
against Alzheimer’s, possibly, because brain cells and their connections are
stronger. Well-educated individuals can still get Alzheimer’s, but symptoms may
appear later because of this protective effect.
Keeping your brain active on a daily basis is an easy to
follow up and very efficient Alzheimer’s Disease’ prevention strategy with no
side effects. We are presenting one of the web resources to offer you free and
effective “brain floss” through NeuroNation.
What is NeuroNation?
On NeuroNation, you can improve your brain performance
effectively with simple and enjoyable exercises. NeuroNation is completely free
of charge and exclusively ad sponsored.
Why Brain Training?
The word 'brain training' was coined in the 1980ies by
Siegfried Lehrl but the idea of brain training itself can be traced all the way
back to antiquity. But, why do we need to train our brains at all? The answer
to that question is very simple: in contrast to a computer that stores information
indefinitely and learns whatever it learns once and for all, the brain is much
more like a muscle as it obeys the same basic rule of „Use it or lose it“. The
notion itself might sound depressing but the analogy goes further than that:
Like a muscle the brain can not only be brought back into shape but also
significantly improved, i.e. intelligence is in fact trainable!
However, what would a good brain work-out look like, and how
do I become a „brain jock“? First of all a good brain work-out has to be fun
and functional, i.e. it is neither supposed to be too easy nor too difficult
nor tedious and boring. Much like weights resistance needs to be adjusted to
perfectly suit your cognitive abilities and training, of course, must be
regular and strictly more than once or twice a week. Still, it is important to
be patient with yourself as the key to success is concentration.
What is the
NeuroNation Concept?
Our goal at NeuroNation is to help you substantially improve
your cognitive abilities, which will be measured according to five categories:
In training, you can decide what part of your brain you
would like to train and choose your favorite exercises. In addition to that,
NeuroNation is offering general standardized training sessions of 5 or 10
minutes duration. Generally, we recommend you to approach your training in a
calm and relaxed state of mind.
Each training session consists of a set of exercises
training all five cognitive categories that will be trained one after the
other. We strongly recommend you to train several times a week in order to
achieve maximum progress. A graphic will help you to keep track of your
progress in each exercise. All exercises are specifically designed to be fun
and functional and to perfectly suit your cognitive abilities. So, challenge
yourself and watch your brain performance grow! If however you happen to get
stuck at some point with one of the exercises, the science page will offer you
all sorts of useful advices on how to improve yourself.
Did you know for example that it much easier to remember a
set of numbers if you connect them to images and little stories? Your personal
training calendar will help you to keep track of how regularly you train. Do
not forget that much like any other workout, brain training needs to be regular
in order to be effective. We thus recommend you to take at least two to three
training sessions a week if you want to become a real brain jock!
Additionally you can also compare your results to those of
other members of our international network and challenge them to a "brain
off".
Connect with your friends at NeuroNation: NeuroNation is now
offering an individual profile page for each of its users including a list of
all friends and a personal message board notifying you on who added you to his
friends list or who beat you in any of the exercises. Leave messages and
challenge other users directly!
Your personal message board will also notify you whenever
new features or exercises are available.
Your friends list enables you to access quickly your
friends' profile pages. You may also use your friends list to compare your
brain to a friend's brain.
All of this - completely free of charge, so sign in now and
start your first training right away!
Website: http://www.neuronation.com/index.php
