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Mind Map Viewer. 120 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power. Here are 120 things you can do starting today to help you think faster, improve memory, comprehend information better and unleash your brain’s full potential. Solve puzzles and brainteasers.Cultivate ambidexterity. Use your non-dominant hand to brush your teeth, comb your hair or use the mouse. Write with both hands simultaneously. Switch hands for knife and fork.Embrace ambiguity. Learn to enjoy things like paradoxes and optical illusions.Learn mind mapping.Block one or more senses. Readers’ Contributions Dance! Contribute your own tip! There are many, many ways to keep our brains sharp. 8 Ways to Sleep Better. Steps Method 1 Getting to Sleep Quickly (Easy Methods) <img alt="Image titled Sleep Better Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Take a nice warm bath or shower in the evening.

As well as relaxing you, afterwards your body will cool down, which helps you sleep better. <img alt="Image titled Sleep Better Step 2" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">2Sleep naked. According to sleep specialists at the Cleveland Sleep Clinic, sleeping in the nude helps you regulate your temperature.[1] Get a comfortable temperature using blankets or duvet (of suitable warmth), sheets, and pillows. Method 2 Moderating your Diet Method 3 Making Your Bed and Bedroom Welcoming Method 4 Changing Your Daily Routine Method 5 Medication for Better Sleep. • ASL • American Sign Language. How to Start Learning Computer Programming: 7 Steps. Steps Part 1 Choosing a Language <img alt="Image titled Start Learning Computer Programming Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Choose a programming language.

Computer programming is done as essentially a set of written instructions that the computer follows (also known as binary coding). These instructions can be written in a number of different "languages", or which are simply different ways of organizing the instructions and text. Part 2 Learning the Language Part 3 Teaching Yourself Community Q&A Add New Question Where can I find free coding practice problems? Ask a Question If this question (or a similar one) is answered twice in this section, please click here to let us know. Tips Article Info. Brain Teasers And Games To Test Your Brain. Here you can enjoy the Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games & Illusions that SharpBrains readers (primarily adults, but some younger minds too) have enjoyed the most. It is always good to learn more about our brains and to exercise them!. Fun experiments on how our brains and minds work 1.

You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test 2. 3. 4. Challenge your attention and memory 5. 6. 7. Optical illusions 8. 9. 10. 11. Language and logic puzzles 12. 13. 14. 15. A few visual workouts 16. 17. 18. Teasing your pattern recognition and thinking 19. 20. 21. 22. Brain teasers for job interviews 23. 24. 25. Online Typing Tutor | Introduction. Long-term Memory. 120 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power. Here are 120 things you can do starting today to help you think faster, improve memory, comprehend information better and unleash your brain’s full potential.

Solve puzzles and brainteasers.Cultivate ambidexterity. Use your non-dominant hand to brush your teeth, comb your hair or use the mouse. Write with both hands simultaneously. Switch hands for knife and fork.Embrace ambiguity. Learn to enjoy things like paradoxes and optical illusions.Learn mind mapping.Block one or more senses. Eat blindfolded, wear earplugs, shower with your eyes closed.Develop comparative tasting. Learn to properly taste wine, chocolate, beer, cheese or anything else.Find intersections between seemingly unrelated topics.Learn to use different keyboard layouts. Readers’ Contributions Dance! Contribute your own tip! There are many, many ways to keep our brains sharp. How to Become a Human Calendar. Mentally finding out the day of the week for any date is a skill you can easily learn. You don’t need to be an autistic genius – all it takes is basic memorization effort and some trivial math. When I first learned this technique many years ago, I did it just for fun.

With time, I learned to enjoy the convenience of not needing a calendar anymore. It’s far more useful than I first thought, and with just a little practice, you’ll be able to find out the days of the week much faster than when reaching for a calendar. The Method To find out the days of the week for any date, use the formula: [day of week] = (yearcode + monthcode + day) mod 7 If you’re not math-inclined, this may look quite scary at first, but don’t worry: using the formula is straightforward.

Month and Year Codes The month codes are one of the formula’s most troublesome parts, since they don’t follow a clear logic. We also need the year code, which are also apparently arbitrary. Days of the Week The Calculation 5 means Thursday. List of paradoxes. This is a list of paradoxes, grouped thematically. The grouping is approximate, as paradoxes may fit into more than one category.

Because of varying definitions of the term paradox, some of the following are not considered to be paradoxes by everyone. This list collects only scenarios that have been called a paradox by at least one source and have their own article. Although considered paradoxes, some of these are based on fallacious reasoning, or incomplete/faulty analysis. Logic[edit] Self-reference[edit] These paradoxes have in common a contradiction arising from self-reference. Barber paradox: A barber (who is a man) shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves. Vagueness[edit] Ship of Theseus (a.k.a. Mathematics[edit] Statistics[edit] Probability[edit] Infinity and infinitesimals[edit] Geometry and topology[edit] The Banach–Tarski paradox: A ball can be decomposed and reassembled into two balls the same size as the original.

Mental Math. Mental Math - A Guide to Effective Mental Calculations[edit] Note about Notation: This book generally uses the English/U.S. styles of notation. This includes using commas as a way to divide up the thousands in long numbers (e.g. 32,000 = thirty-two thousand), it will use full stops (periods) as decimal points. Calculating things in your head can be a difficult task. If you can't remember what you've worked out or simply don't know how to solve a problem then it can be very challenging and frustrating. But by learning and practicing the methods of using mathematical patterns, you can dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of your arithmetic. These methods are often called "High Speed Mental Math". With good mental math skills you can save yourself time by not needing to pull out a calculator (or cell phone) every time you want to do a task.Mental math skills will improve your ability to estimate results, thus having a better ability to catch errors from computer-derived results.