6 Stimulating Solutions for a Fit Brain
3. Have a Hobby (or two)
Manual skills that require an element of hand-eye coordination and a certain amount of mental calculation are great ways to stimulate your spatial-temporal reasoning. Examples of hobbies that fall into this category are knitting and sewing, wood crafts, painting, sculpting and pottery. Playing a musical instrument is also a wonderful way to stimulate your spatial-temporal reasoning. Learning to play (or getting back to) a musical instrument may get harder as you age, but the benefits to your brain health will be worth it. If picking up an instrument is too difficult, then try listening to music, especially classical music, on a regular basis. Research into a phenomenon known as “The Mozart Effect” has shown a relation between listening to classical music and higher brain function at all ages.
Having a hobby means having a challenged brain. The more hobbies you have, the more robust your brain’s neural networks. Having hobbies also creates an enriched environment, provide an opportunity for the brain to experience the novel and complex and give you a reason for getting up each day.
