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New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain - Features

Grab bag of ways to get your brain in shape. I liked this bit from the “Memory Marvels” section:

Strategy is important in everyday life too, says Barry Gordon from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Simple things like always putting your car keys in the same place, writing things down to get them off your mind, or just deciding to pay attention, can make a big difference to how much information you retain. And if names are your downfall, try making some mental associations. Just remember to keep the derogatory ones to yourself.


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Brad's picture

I suddenly want to ask...

I suddenly want to ask my doctor for a stack of spurious prescriptions. Thanks, Merlin!

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Brad, grab me some Adderall...

Brad, grab me some Adderall as long as you’re at it.

Sam MacCutchan's picture

My problem is the odd...

My problem is the odd time that I don’t put my keys in their normal spot. Then I spend too much time the next morning trying to figure out where I’ve left them!

The same thing happens to me when I take my watch off at the computer instead of putting it on my dresser next to my keys :)

JoshD's picture

I'm holding out for Google...

I’m holding out for Google Carkeys, myself.

“17,823 results for ‘where are my goddamn keys?’”

yoda's picture

It would seem that any...

It would seem that any author who could call a triglyceride a “cholesterol-like substance” shouldn’t be taken very seriously, as the two bear no similarity to each other, either in chemical structure or function. Their only similarity is that they’re both organic compounds that are routinely measured in blood tests.

GBGames's picture

You know, yoda, you've just...

You know, yoda, you’ve just said that there is no similarity and there is a similarity. Which is it? B-)

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Merlin Mann is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster. He’s best known for being the guy who started the website you’re reading right now. He lives in San Francisco, does lots of public speaking, and helps make cool things like You Look Nice Today. Also? He looks like this, answers questions, and has something like a life.

The best thing Merlin’s ever written is a short essay called, “Better.”

 
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