Factors Promoting Neuroplasticity

Depression and anxiety can be regulated and reversed by certain exercises:

1. Memory games, crossword, or sudoku.
2. Juggling, or learning to play a new musical instrument.
3. Learning a new language.
4. Yoga.
5. Meditation.
6. Regular exercise of the body.

By focusing attention on and repeatedly practicing new, desirable behaviors, we can redirect our brains' chemical, hormonal, and physical resources to create new pathways. The old ones, meanwhile, wither from lack of use.

Learning subjects which require heavy attention like a language or m...

When the brain learns new things, it connects neuron cells and creates new pathways. Learning new facts may not be very useful, but if one learns a new language, skill or a musical instrument, the neuron magic starts to happen and the rewiring begins.

If we have a g...