Top 10 healthy activities for your brain

In order to save attentional resources, our brain will always seek a shortcut for doing things. When repeating an action over and over again, it becomes automotive, as the brain invests less effort in executing it. When attempting to achieve brain fitness, the key is to seek a novel activity, or a new way of doing a familiar activity. This will require some brain effort that would eventually translate into brain fitness. Below are 10 suggestions for healthy brain activities:

1. Trying a new route on the way to work
2. Learn a new language
3. Travel to a new and unfamiliar destination
4. Read new sections of the newspaper
5. Learn to play a new musical instrument
6. Use your non-dominant hand to eat or write
7. Solve crossword puzzles or Sudoku
8. Engage in a challenging game of chess or bridge
9. Try and learn a new word each day
10. Engage in a brain fitness training program