Brain, Health

Stay hydrated for better memory

When you’re putting a lot of effort into revising and want to do yourself justice in the exams, surely it makes sense to drink enough water, now that we know that sufficient hydration gives us a better memory and mental processing? Some research done by the Institute of Psychiatry in [...]

Brain, Emotional intelligence

Cognitive enhancement drugs for a better memory?

It seems that the pharmaceutical industry is riding on the crest of a new wave of drugs promising to improve our mental abilities and are therefore giving us better memories. But is it too good to be true? Originally developed to treat narcolepsy, the condition that causes people to suddenly [...]

Brain, Health

Use it or lose it – how to get better grades in your Diploma in Financial Planning

What do nuns at the convent of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in on Good Counsel Hill in Mankato Minnesota teach us about keeping your brain alive and healthy and using it efficiently to get better grades in your Diploma in Financial Planning ? Alzheimer’s expert David Snowden of [...]

Brain, Health

Eat well for a better memory in regulated diploma exams

Did you know, your brain is easily the greediest organ in your body and even though it’s only 2% of your body weight, it gobbles up 25% of all the energy from the food you eat! So it’s hardly surprising that what you eat affects how well you can think [...]

Brain, Health

Exercise for a better memory in CII exams

For those of you looking to improve your memory for CII exams, but who baulk at the idea of exercise, the bad news is nothing works better! The good news though is that you can get away with gentle walking for half an hour, three times a week. Surely we [...]

Brain, Health

More sleep, better memory

Going short on sleep does you no favours whatsoever. Planning, problem-solving, learning, concentration, working memory and alertness all suffer. IQ scores also fall. Sean Drummond from the University of California, San Diego, points out that staying awake for 21 hours reduces your level of ability to that when you’re drunk! [...]

Brain

Who have the most reliable memories – children or adults?

Well the answer may surprise you. It turns out that as we get older we become more influenced by our personal interpretation of what happened rather than what actually happened. Valerie Reyna and Chuck Brainerd from Cornell University, USA have discovered that memories are captured and stored separately in two [...]

Brain

Chew Gum to get Better Grades!

Photo by Mary (Mayr) from Southern California Evidence has arrived from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle that people who chew gum throughout tests of both long-term and short-term memory got much better scores than people who didn’t! 75 adults were bombarded by 20 min of memory and attention tests. [...]

Brain

Do you send your brain to sleep?

Did you know, most people when they revise, make one of two mistakes. Either they do what I used to do when I was at school, and begin well – making revision notes – but very quickly default to writing out word for word everything in the textbook in case [...]

Brain, General

Snails take power naps too!

Are power naps good for snails and other animals too? Great pond snails sleep for 10% of their life. You can tell which ones are in the land of nod. They’re the ones hanging on to a solid surface, muscles relaxed and tentacles partly withdrawn. Most animals have a preferred [...]