New Way To Boost Brain Power Identified

Your brain is one of the most crucial body part, any damage to the brain can have a serious impact on your entire health. Hence keeping your brain healthy is very important.

There might be several ways to keep your brain healthy - like having healthy diet or following certain exercise regime. Well today we will be discussing about the best way to boost your brain power.

It might come as a surprise for you, but yes, scientists have recently identified brain-training methods that will help to boost the brain power. According to the scientists "dual n-back" and "complex span"-can significantly improve memory and attention.

During the study scientists measured the brain activity before and after training. A group of young adults were taken up for the study Everyone took an initial battery of cognitive tests to determine baseline working memory, attention and intelligence. All the participants got an electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure brain activity.

The participants were then sent home to practice a computer task for a month. One group used one leading brain exercise while the second group used the other. The third group practiced on a control task. The participants were trained five days a week for 30 minutes, then returned to the lab for another round of tests to see if anything about their brain or cognitive abilities had changed.

Following the month long programme, the researchers found that the group that practiced "dual n-back" exercise showed a 30 per cent improvement in their working memory. That was nearly double the gains made by the group working with the other common task, known as "complex span."

Meanwhile, also know about few of the best foods to boost your brain.

Walnuts:

It is considered as one of the best nuts that is rich in good fats and aids in boosting the brain power. The polyphenols in walnuts help improve communication between neurons in the brain and thus improves the brain power. Consuming a handful of walnuts help.

Spinach:

Rich in fibre and other essential nutrients and minerals, spinach is one of the best leafy vegetables. The magnesium contained in spinach helps to dilate the blood vessels, thus boosting blood flow throughout the body and brain.

Olive Oil:

Olive is one of the best oils that contains healthy fats. Olive oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and polyphenols which reduce inflammation in your joints and brain cells and thus help improves the brain power.

Dark Chocolates:

Consuming dark chocolates in limited amount does good for the brain. The flavanol-rich cocoa helps increase the blood flow to the brain and helps in improving the memory.

Egg Yolk:

Egg is not just a good source of protein that needs to be consumed by those who are into rigorous exercises but egg also helps boost brain power. Egg yellow is a good source of choline that is known to boost brain power and helps speed up the process of sending signals to nerve cells in the brain.

(With Agency Inputs)