If you think there's nothing that can make you smarter, think again...
Scientists used to think that intelligence depended on genetics and that there was nothing you could do to improve it.
But now neuroscientists have discovered that this conclusion is false. According to them, there are some things that make you smarter.
Meditation
One of the most influential thinkers of our time, neuroscientist Sam Harris, shows that meditation is an important method of self-mastery. He has dedicated a large part of his life to practicing meditation and constantly recommends it to his readers and listeners.
In addition to claiming that meditation relieves pain, reduces stress and depression, he believes that meditation also improves cognitive function and generates new brain cells.
This is also supported by scientists and various researches, where a study shows that continuous meditation increases the gray matter in the areas of the brain that are related to learning and memory, Telegrafi reports.
reading
This may seem obvious, but reading is one of the things that makes you wiser. Several studies have shown that reading has positive effects on vocabulary, general knowledge gain, and abstract reasoning skills.
It is recommended to do qualitative reading and read slowly to remember what you read.
Fasting is a practice that has been part of religious lifestyles for centuries. Fasting involves the 'stopping' of food consumption for a certain period of time.
You may have thought that depriving your body of nutrients can only do you harm, but in fact this phenomenon only brings positive effects to brain function.
However, experts recommend that to increase intelligence you should only fast every other day (so one day yes, one day no) because this type of fasting stimulates the growth of new brain cells and protects the brain from Alzheimer's and other diseases neuro-degenerative.
Regular physical exercises
Regular physical exercise has been proven to have drastic effects on brain function. Research conducted on mice reveals that running dramatically increases performance related to learning and memory.
The same experiments also found that the effects of exercise are still present two weeks after you stop exercising. /Telegraph/
