Engaging in consistent and diverse stimulation is a powerful tool in developing our brain function. As our brains continue to mature during our lifetime, these techniques may help to positively enhance our performance:.

Cognitively stimulating leisure activities, such as word games, puzzles, gardening or writing calligraphy, can produce similar results to cognitive training programs and have a significant effect on the delay and reduction of cognitive decline.

If we keep our furry friends engaged, and introduce new stimuli continuously, their knowledge can flourish. By implementing lifestyle changes that expose ourselves to a variety of cognitively stimulating activities and ideas as well as regular physical activity, our neural network will respond with new connections and increased function.

Through collaboration, a healthcare professional can work with individuals to determine physical and mental activities that complement areas of their cognitive function they may want to enhance.

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April 26, THE EVIDENCE. As our brains continue to mature during our lifetime, these techniques may help to positively enhance our performance: Aerobic activity can benefit our health in many ways, but consistent aerobic exercise can improve brain processing and play a key role in reducing neurodegeneration.

Performing moderate to vigorous physical activity has been shown to not only improve brain processing but also memory, executive functioning, and subsequent academic performance.

Meditation and mindfulness practices can improve attention, memory, speech, cognitive flexibility, and potentially increase cognitive capacity. Cognitive training programs can have a positive effect on our brain health, and may increase in benefit when paired with exercise. A Mediterranean inspired diet that emphasizes vegetables, fruits and healthy fats, with relatively few meats and refined sugars can reduce risk for depression or dementia and improve cognitive functioning and retention of cognitive functions in older healthy adults.

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This work was supported by grants of Korea University College of Medicine JBK, K, K and Korea Institute of Science and Technology KIST Institutional program with projects KH, 2E, 2K We would like to thank the participants themselves, all of whom contributed greatly to the successful completion of this study.

Department of Neurology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Neurology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Laboratory of Computational Neurophysics, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the mechanisms underlying effects of coffee on cognition in the context of brain networks. Methods and materials Participants Twenty-one healthy volunteers 11 women; Neurocognitive function tests and caffeine intake Global neurocognitive function was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination MMSE at least 24 h after cessation of coffee consumption in all participants.

Electroencephalography recording The EEG examination was performed twice, once at baseline and then again 30 min after the participants drank the canned coffee treatment 20 , using a channel recording system Comet-PLUS, Grass Technologies Inc. Figure 1. Full size image.

Results Neuropsychological tests The results of the neuropsychological tests are detailed in Table 1. Table 1 Results of neuropsychological tests.

Full size table. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Table 2 Comparisons of global graph measures between baseline and after coffee consumption. Figure 5. Figure 6. Discussion We investigated the acute effects of caffeine on neurocognition and EEG FC in healthy adults.

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