1. Apps That Help

Just like we take care of our physical fitness, doctors advise us to keep our brains fit by exercising it, in order to stay sharp when one attains the ‘senior citizen’ tag.

Our long-term cognitive health depends on us staying mentally fit, and brain games/memory games are thought to work g...

Doing something boring, like showering, doesn’t require substantial cognitive effort, so our brains are free to wander. 

And a brain “at rest” isn’t really resting at all. Mind-wandering may allow the conscious to give way to the subconscious, so the brain can connect disparate ideas...

When we multitask, we’re putting tremendous stress on our brains as we flit backward and forwards between different tasks.

Multitasking is a brain drain that exhausts the mind, zaps cognitive resources and, if left unchecked, condemns us to early mental decline and decreased sharpness.