Want To Be Intelligent? 7 Hobbies That Make You Smarter According To Science

BY: CHESKA

Being smart is usually an incredible gift, it also gives several significant benefits. One benefit is being good in school (mostly in every academic subjects). Doing well in school which will later resulted in getting a great jobs, and eventually lead to a very happy and successful career.

Obviously people want to be smarter because it brings a lot of advantages in life. Good thing, Science has already revealed that we can actually boost our intelligence and augment capability to help our brain build neural pathways that benefit its functioning.

Here are 7 hobbies that will help to boost your IQ (Intelligence Quotient), and proved by science:

#1 Play a musical instrument

According to research playing  instrument regularly alter the shape and power the brain which may be used in therapy to improve cognitive skills,

It also increases your imagination, observatory power, communication, mathematics etc,. Thus it also provides strength to corpus callosum which form a link between the hemisphere of our brain, this benefits our memorizing power, functioning of the brain, skill in execution, etc.

#2 Read anything

It is not by chance that highly successful people love to read. Based on a research, it might not be just for fun. Reading activity is a therapeutic in ways which also ads to all three kinds of intelligence-crystallized, fluid, and emotional.

Thus, it also improves  linking information together, solving issues, navigating problems better, identified patterns, understanding human beings.

#3 Exercise regularly

Regular exercise charges the cells with BDNF which improves your memory, concentration, and understanding. According to studies, the effect of acute bouts of physical activity on adults’ cognitive performance. It doesn’t need a heavy workout everyday, just as fifteen minutes regular exercise, will do.

#4 Learn a new language

According to studies a person who can speak more than one language are better to solve puzzles than other. Learning new language calibrate your brain and makes your memory sharper. Thus, it will seem affect your organizational skill positively.

Theses days, it is actually a big advantage to speak other languages aside from your mother-tongue,because many companies seek someone who has a multi-language skill.

#5 Test your cumulative learning

Cumulative learning  is the cognitive process by which we accumulate knowledge and abilities that serves as building blocks for subsequent cognitive development. A very simple example is the saying “you can’t run before you can walk”.

So when you absorb new language, your intelligence increases since it needs cumulative learning. When you master words, punctuations, syntax in a  bulk and have to repeat it to be able to remember it.

It is important to apply this technique in your daily life,. It would be better to take note all important things and review them in your free time

#6 Work out your brain

Doing crossword puzzles, jumbles, riddles mastery games etc, anything that will exercise the brain improve neuroplasticity. In other words, it allows the brain to organize itself better.

It aids us to see the causal relationship of emotions and sharpen our cognitive skill remarkably. Thus, our mental horizon broaden if nerve cells differ in their response.

Since neuroplasticity is involved , it means that it can even help us fight some conditions such as stress and depressions.

#7 Meditate

According to scientist Richard Davidson who conducted an experiment on the Delai Lama and his fellow monks which also published in “The Wall Street Journal” that while meditating, when asked to concentrate on compassion, he found all of them in deeply compassionate states.

Meditating has a great impact in manipulating your emotions. It means that you can help the brain-rewire itself and call any feeling to action, every time you need it. So, it makes us a stronger human being.

There you have them folks! We now learn how these hobbies affect our brain, so we can now use them to make us smarter.

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