Growing Your Brain

... is possible. In the process of doing some research to help my daughter in school, I came across this cool article. My quick takeaways from it were that in order to grow your brain, you need to:

• Get plenty of sleep. The brain grows during sleep, and it grows the most between the 6th and eigth hours of sleep. I don't do so well here.


• Get aerobic exercise. Oxygen flow to the brain is important. I need to work on this, too.


• Throughout life, continually take on new intellectual challenges. Your brain grows when forced to think. Finally, I get one right!

There's lots more at the link. Check it out if you get a chance.

It seems to me that watching TV is the converse of all of these points. Hmmm. Sounds like a lesson for someone small ...