可以讓你變得更聰明的10種辦法(下)

ge in Social Networking

5.參與到社交中去

When you work to make social connections, either online or in real life, you train your brain's ability to understand the web of connections between different people and where they come from. Plus it will help you develop your ability to keep peoples' faces with their names and remember who they are. In fact, recent studies on prisoners kept in solitary confinement show that brain activity had slowed so dramatically as to mirror the brain activity of someone with severe head trauma!

當你去建立社交關係時，不管是在線上還是在真實生活中，都是在對大腦進行訓練，增強大腦對人們之間關係網及其形成的理解。另外，這能幫你把別人的臉和名字聯繫起來，記住別人。實際上，最近的研究顯示，那些被單獨監禁的犯人，他們的大腦活動急劇下降，這和遭受了嚴重頭部創傷的人的情況差不多。

Video Games

4.玩玩電子遊戲

Several recent scientific studies have shown that playing a certain kind of video game can help you become smarter, because the video games often train your hand-eye coordination, while also forcing you to use your critical decision making skills to traverse the often now extremely complicated worlds in these video games. Researchers in the UK found that children who played a brain training video game daily for 10 weeks actually dramatically improved their math scores.

近來一些科研顯示，玩某種電子遊戲能讓你變得更聰明，因爲電子遊戲能訓練你手和眼的協調能力，同時促使你運用批判性決策技能來研究遊戲中非常複雜的任務。英國研究者發現，每天玩益智類遊戲的孩子，連續玩10周後，他們數學成績有了很大提升。

Out Educational Content Online

3.利用網上學習資源

The internet can be a great source of distraction, but it also has a wonderful amount of educational resources to choose from. Often, many universities upload videos of lectures from their courses and visiting speakers. There are also many sites that allow you to take free classes, such as MIT's OpenCourseWare programs. These resources can help you supplement your knowledge of certain topics, whether they are related to your career or your personal hobbies.

雖然網絡總讓人分神，但是也給我們提供了海量教育資源。很多大學會上傳他們的課程和演講人的視頻。還有很多網站提供免費課程，比如麻省理工學院的“開放式課程網頁”項目。這些資源能擴充你對某一領域的知識，不管對你的職業還是個人愛好都有幫助。

h Smart Television

2.觀看有意義的電視節目

Of course, I don't mean you should watch crazy reality television. No, instead, you should watch educational channels such as The Discovery Channel or the History Channel, as these will often present in-depth documentaries about all manner of interesting subjects. You can also get away with watching intense and complex dramas or other fictional shows, as the often complicated plot lines and relationships between characters will force you to exercise your brain as you track all of the drama. According to the author Steven Johnson, several television shows can increase the viewers “mental acuity.”

我實在不明白有什麼理由看真人秀節目。你應該觀看教育類節目比如探索頻道或歷史頻道，因爲這些節目會播放各個領域內有深度的紀錄片。你也可以放棄那些複雜電視劇或科幻節目，因爲裏面充斥着複雜的情節和人物關係，你追劇時你的大腦也得高速運轉。作家史蒂芬·約翰森說過，沒幾個電視節目能讓觀衆“變得聰明”。

e Brain Puzzles

1.試試腦筋急轉彎

Finally, don't underestimate the importance of brain teasers and other puzzles, like crossword puzzles and numbers puzzles. While some scoff at these kinds of exercises, they really can help you, especially if you are looking for a way to pass the time on a plane flight. It's better to train your brain than to sit in the seat and watch the latest romantic comedy. The Mayo Clinic says that these puzzles will especially keep your brain going through into old age.

可不要小看腦筋急轉彎和謎語的威力，比如縱橫填字謎和數獨。那些小看這種遊戲的人，要明白它們真對你有好處，尤其是你想找個事兒打發在飛機上的時間時。讓大腦轉動可比坐在位子上看喜劇要好。梅約診所宣稱，這些小遊戲能讓人在步入老年時仍有個靈活的大腦。

翻譯：湯文博 來源：前十網