How To Become Clever

Source: Herald Sun, Monday 8 May 2000; page 21

An article from Herald Sun tells the experience of meeting the Britain's most famoust neuroscientist, Professor Susan Greenfield

(editor: I think Neuroscientist must be about brain because she talks mostly about brain)

According to Professor Greenfield, brains grow and perform better if people exercise them like they do with muscles.

"We all know what it feels like to fall on the couch in a heap", she said. "Well, your brain falls on a couch as well if you don't exercise it"

"Memory is not lost. Your brain just remembers what is important to you at the time - what's not important is pushed into the background"

Students may be rejoiced to realize that it need not take natural talents to make them genius. Professor Greenfield offers some advice on how to feed your brain, of which the article have summarized as followings:

DO crosswords, if possible every day - perhaps on the train to work (or school).
DEBATE issues, even if it is talking about a topical subject with friends.
PRACTISE speaking a language you learned at school. Talk to people who speak that language.
KEEP testing yourself - one way is to ask yourself what you did several days ago.

Posted by Alexander Zulkarnain