“What I’ve seen work wonders is rearranging your office desk or home space. New ways of doing important tasks, bringing many senses into play, makes for a genuine neurobic exercise. Turning southpaw stimulates the little used network of connections involved in writing with the left hand, throwing a challenge to your noodle. It’s about disrupting daily routine.Ī right-handed person handles a pen using the cortex on the left side of the brain. It follows the ‘you use it or lose it’ law.” A typical neurobics exercise, for example, is to close your eyes and let your other four senses guide you to enter a room, switch on the lights, find your closet and find a hanger. It allows for divergent thinking before you converge on an action plan. Using this brain gym, you can help your noggin create its own nutrients that strengthen, preserve and grow new cells.ĭr Shirish M Hastak, Regional Director, Neurology, Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Global Hospital, Mumbai, says, “You form new neuronal connections in your brain and this allows the brain to grow like an intranet similar to the internet. It’s a combination of physical and mental exercises that uses all five senses and EQ to shake up everyday routines. Neurobics cross-train the brain to be more responsive and flexible in order to retain memories and new information, learn new tasks and find creative solutions through thought and action.
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