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11 Steps to a Better Brain
Leave it to the bright minds at newscientist.com to come up with a list of clever tips and techniques for keeping your brain strong and healthy. Here’s a quick sample:
“Until recently, a person’s IQ – a measure of all kinds of mental problem-solving abilities, including spatial skills, memory and verbal reasoning – was thought to be a fixed commodity largely determined by genetics. But recent hints suggest that a very basic brain function called working memory might underlie our general intelligence, opening up the intriguing possibility that if you improve your working memory, you could boost your IQ too.”
