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Memorizing and being able to repeat certain types of sentences does more than build up your facility for rote memorization. The improvement in simple recall is actually the least of it! Memorizing the sentences which follow will strengthen your ability to visualize, organize and to think creatively. Memorize each of the seven sentences (or groups of sentences) which follow, one at a time. Then recite each one aloud several times. Get smarter, make more associative connections and have a bit of neural plasticity on the house! Ahoy, Braintenancers : 1) Let me repeat your order. You bought twenty apples, thirty oranges and fifteen bananas which you paid for using your Discover Card. 2) The parties agree that due to the many variables surrounding each business transaction that will occur because of this agreement, the commission to be paid between the parties may vary. 3) Contrarians don't generally agree with veterinarians who refuse to treat planarians with microscopic plantar wart...

There are three basic keys ('secrets,' if you wish) to learning to speak any language adequately (for most purposes) within an incredibly short period of time, with credit given, in part, to Dr. Pimsleur of the famous "Pimsleur Approach": 1 ) Every language has its principal structure in common with every other language. These common roots emerged from the very beginnings of Humankind 's first use of language, and they have not changed structurally. Were you to waste some time a diagram a sentence in any language, you would find the same building blocks. While writing is different, speech is very much the same. Your mind is built to learn and speak any and all language; 2 ) Repetition, drill and writing actually inhibit our ability to "absorb" speech and to connect it with the core language center of our brains. These things don't enhance our ability, but they serve to confuse us and to set our subconscious minds on a destructive course to defeat o...

Everyone has a bit of the Faustian frustration about him or her. We all want stronger, better, more powerful brains and minds. We will do anything, from taking nootropic and psychotropic drugs to doing brain gym exercises. We do these somewhat haphazardly. In order to optimize your time invested in building the asset value of your intellectual abilities (the very essence of Braintenance and The Braintenance Blog ) you should first determine the areas of cognitive skill where you feel deficient, and where strengthening is required; secondly, you must find the best possible exercises and protocols which can, if undertaken properly, most efficiently strengthen these areas. The is a wonderful little Lumosity program which I've been looking at which will allow you to put your desired areas of improvement into a form (through a series of multiple choices), and which will then "crank out" the best program to suit your needs. It is fun and worth a try. The areas which can b...