BetterHomesAndGardensAustraliaDecember2015_

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here are my keys?

Has anyone seen my

glasses? Where did I

put my phone? Wait, why did I

walk into this room? I had

something to tell you but I can’t

remember what it was...

Brain training bootcamp

Hands up if you can recall every

word to the Gilligan’s Island theme

song yet somehow – maddeningly

often – manage to leave the grocery

store without the one item you

actually went there to get. Guilty!

Why do our brains have a

seemingly endless capacity to store

useless information yet we have

trouble remembering the name of

someone we just met? It’s not that we

don’t care, or that we’re lazy. In fact,

everyday brain blips can usually be

attributed to easy-to-fix problems. Try

out a few (or all!) of the following tips.

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SHAKE

YOUR

GROOVE

THANG

Exercise isn’t just

good for your

booty, it’s good

for your brain,

too. Being

physically active

helps clear the

cobwebs and

reduces stress,

which can lead to

forgetfulness. It

also encourages

nerve cell growth

in the brain and

strengthens and

protects those

cells from

damage.

Slow your roll

Constantly juggling a dozen diff

balls and racing from one frenzied

the next? Being perpetually busy is

and mentally draining and may hav

ability to remember little and not-so-little details. It

also make you more accident prone. If your sche

frequently overwhelming, try adjusting your mult

meter! This might mean saying ‘no’ more often

prioritising the really important stuff and takin

out to smell the coffee. Speaking of coffee,

research from Johns Hopkins University in

US suggests a 200mg dose of caffeine

learning session may help boost long-t

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