How can you exercise your brain?

Question

Are there any ways of increasing your IQ or memory? pls name some ways if you can

Answer 1

Sometimes I feel like my brain isn't working too and though I am a believer that reading is really important, I find it more fun to watch quiz/game show which is a very popular show here. It encourages us to think while having fun right? And also do lots of IQ tests here in the net. It is really fun, try it!

Answer 2

1. Exercise your body. I go for a quotidian walk and do yoga.

2. Do some kind of puzzle or mental game daily. I do a quotidian crossword with my morning coffee; I've taken up bridge after a 30 year hiatus.

4. Read books for pleasure and also books with new ideas.

5. Add important words to your vocabulary and, as you physically exercise, work them into the tapestry of your life. (My recent acquisitions: palimpsist, deus ex machina, sui generis, cui bono?)

6. Listen to new music.

7. Make or do something new frequently and deliberately.

Answer 3

your brain is a muscle like anything else in your body.  you can exercise it and it will become stronger over time.  however damaging substances ie drugs and alcohol abuse and physical damage (such as boxers), will cause the reverse effect.  when you exercise your bicepts they grow bigger and more defined.  you brain also "tones" itself through mor edefined ripples and lines running throughout it.  it you read a book called einstein's brain, you'll see what his brain looked like after he passed away.  it was heavier than most normal brains and it was "toned" through highly defined lines.  this is because he was always learning and doing mental exercises....

Answer 4

try reading more books, memorise long passwords

the reading will increase your IQ and the long passwords will boost your memory

Answer 5

Solve quizzes, crosswords or sudokus. Play board games generally (even backgammon!) -the most effective are chess and stratego, though. Start playing a musical instrument or a sport that needs technique -compatitive sports utilize your brain.

Answer 6

Here's an exercise.

Imagine a horizontal line. Draw a vertical to it. Then maybe turn it into a triangle. Rotate on vertical axis. Rotate on other two axies. Rotate on more than one axis at the same time. Change line color.

   This will light up your visual/graphics brain cells.

   I suppose you could crank up sound cells by imagining music that you've never heard by modifying what you have.

Answer 7

everytime you learn a new skill, something called "neurogenesis" results. this is where your brain creates a new neuron. more or less, this will make you more "intelligent"

learning almost any skill, big or small, has this effect.