看看你的生活习惯是健脑还是伤脑
Brain boosters vs brain drains - discover if your lifestyle is good for your health
Certain activities can be good – and some bad – for our grey matter, so see which you should carry on doing... or ditch.
有些活动可以使我们的大脑更加敏锐,而有些则会使大脑变得更加迟钝.下面让我们来看看哪些生活习惯该保持,哪些该丢弃吧！
SITTING STILL: DRAIN
坐着保持不动：让大脑变得更迟钝
"When we sit for long periods (more than three hours), our inactivity leads to reduced blood flow to the brain and less oxygenation and nutrient supply," says Dr Jenny Brockis, author of Future Brain: The 12 Keys to Create Your High-Performance Brain.
《未来大脑：十二大方法打造高效大脑》的作者杰尼•布罗基斯博士称："坐着不动超过三小时,就会导致流向大脑的血液减少,从而使所需的氧气和营养供应匮乏."
"This leads to reduced brain activity in the part of the brain we use for heavy-duty thinking, planning, ¬organising and decision-making."
"这会导致高压下思考、谋划、组织和决策的大脑区域的活动量下降."
ACTION: Take brain breaks by getting up to stretch and move around every 30 minutes. The new FitBit Alta monitors your movements and prompts you to move.
建议：每半小时起身伸展身体,四处走动,让大脑得以休息调整.可以使用Fitbit Alta 智能手环监测督促自己的行动.
STAYING CURIOUS: BOOSTER
保持好奇心：让大脑变得更敏锐
Learning new skills leads to better neuroplasticity – the brain's ability to form new connections between existing neurons, explains Dr Brockis.
布罗基斯博士对此做出了解释,学习新技能可增强神经可塑性——指大脑在现有神经元之间形成新连接的一种能力.
"It used to be thought we only had a short period of relative plasticity in early childhood."
"人们过去认为我们只在幼儿早期的一小段时间里才有相对可塑性."
"But although our brain's plasticity does decline with age, we don't lose it."
"然而,尽管随着年龄的增长,我们的可塑性有所下降,但它没有完全消失."
ACTION : Why not take up a musical instrument or an evening class?
建议：为什么不去学习一种乐器或去夜校上课呢？
