How to Boost Brain Power?

All animals, including humans have a brain that’s important for their life control. But if both have brains, what makes the man different from the animal? Man’s life concentrates around utilizing and developing their intelligence, whereas animals focus on their instinct. Instinct is the natural reaction of the animal without further though or learning which remains stable, while intelligence is all the time developing to make man able to adapt to different situations. “Intelligence isn’t a set thing. The level of intelligence human is born with is only a starting point and regardless of genetic makeup” said Philippe Drolet in his book “On Becoming superman” on 2012, and by that he meant that intelligent can’t be constant and is always rising despite of the man’s ancestors or their level once birth. So, how to widen students’ abilities? “One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one's greatest efforts.”- Albert Einstein. He ensured the must of growing students’ mentality. The brain can be improved depending on how students use it. If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence at any age and potentially by a lot, or the brain will remain idle. It’s somehow possible to establish human’s mental powers and for that to happen, humans should approach several tracks in order to help the brain become sharper, smarter and faster.

Basically, well sleeping is essential to keep students’ brain attentive and smarter. To improve creative thinking and memory performance, students need relaxation for 7-8 hours of sleep per day. It’s reported that during sleep, the brain firms up memories of recently acquired information. In addition, taking a nap throughout the day refreshes the brain. When the brain absorbs information after learning something new or memorizing, a nap can help in retaining the information as well as recharging the brain and keeping it sharper longer. 

In addition to sleep optimization, brain teasers can inspire students’ brain too. Teachers have to think of brain as both computers and muscles. Some studies show that doing brain teasers can actually help to keep the mind more fit. So, teachers can train brains regularly by mind games such as word puzzles, chess, riddles or even video games, because mind games challenge, boost students’ brain and force them to think outside the box, analyze, calculate, and work with their ability to think strategically and logically. When students are allowed to play a riddle, they will be able to work in an orderly manner where they focus on each part of the riddle and come up with an answer that matches with the entire riddle itself. They will learn to interpret directions better and think in different ways as well as different perspectives.

The 3^rd way to improve students’ brain is exercises. Walking strengthens bones, swimming improves the heart and doing yoga makes one more flexible, but researches show that these activities could also boost brain power. On the 1^st side, physical exercises start a chain reaction that improves brain health and helps students’ brain stay sharp because it increases oxygen to the brain and reduces risk for disorder that lead to memory loss. Most importantly, it plays an important role by boosting the growth of new neurons that activates genes involved in cognition and raises brain’s activity. Scientists found that old people who are not physically active are more likely to have cognitive problems.

 On the other side, mental exercises, such as yoga that includes isometric concentration and relaxation of different muscle groups, not only improve students’ mood, but also enhances self-awareness, reduces anxiety and stress which in turn can inspire brain. Studies prove that individuals, who always practice yoga will gain higher on cognitive exams, so if students have an exam, make them practice yoga for just few minutes before. This will increase the odds that their mind will be better focused.   

Thus by well sleeping, brainstorming and exercising student’s brain will always be creative and function properly. Because brains are wired to be inspired, fostering creativity and innovation to treat difficult and multidimensional problems to overcome obstacles will result in a successful future. "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."-Albert Einstein, You may not be able to measure your students’ mind power but it’s evident that as a teacher you can sharpen their brain and boost its intelligence through encouraging well sleep, regular exercises and brain teasers.