5 of 13 Ways to Boost Your Brain Power - The Ultimate Form of Self-Care

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Practice this form (or any other form that will suit your schedule this week) of self-care daily throughout the next week.
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5. Close Your Eyes
When you try to remember something, chances are you look up and away or even close your eyes. This may seem arbitrary, but shutting off your vision is actually very helpful when you're trying to dig up information in your brain. as cognitive scientist Art Markman explains in Psychology Today. Research from the University of Surrrey in the U.K. found that closing your eyes while recalling an event could help you remember details 23 percent more accurately. How does it work? It's thought that once visual distractions are removed, your brain focuses more efficiently. The same idea applies to other senses as well. If you're trying to remember a sound or someone's voice, complex noises can make the process more difficult. Basically, when you need to remember something, isolate the relevant sense. It'll help you concentrate and find the information you're looking for. 

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Over the course of the next 8 weeks we're going to be discussing tips on how you can practice self-care by keeping your brain sharp.  ​Other forms of self-care include...asking for help.  At Next Step we provide non-medical organizational care management support, placements, fitness and resources for everything else. Contact us at 949-573-8504 to have us help you put a 'plan in place' so your mind can be freed up to focus, focus, focus.