Tips to sharpen memory

1. Brain game
A program called Lumosity, developed with the help of neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists from Stanford University and the University of California at San Francisco, is specifically designed for parents who wish to improve memory, concentration, waking, and even their mood.
Of course, there's always the classic brain exercise and cheap, such as Sudoku and crossword puzzles that can be found anywhere. The exercises that will inspire knowledge and help the nerves in the brain interconnected.
2. Wake up in the morning and smell the rosemary.
In a 2003 study, psychologists asked 144 volunteers to conduct a series of tests on long-term memory, the workings of memory, and test the reaction and attention. Some people do the test in an odor-free room, some in the room with the smells of rosemary essential oil, and the rest worked with lavender smells Minya.
As a result, those who work in the room by having great results in long-term memory and working memory compared to those working in the room without smells, while working in the non-scented lavender worse in terms of working memory. Furthermore, those who work in rosemary-scented room feel more awake than those who work in the control room (no smells). Well, who works in the lavender-scented room was more sleepy.
3. Food for thought
To keep the memories remain young despite the aging brain, researchers suggest that eating foods rich in antioxidants like blueberries, apples, bananas, dark green vegetables, onions, and carrots.
Antioxidants are molecules that bind and neutralize easily electrons are called "free radicals" that roam freely in the bloodstream. These free radicals increases with age and can kill brain.
Secondly, most of the brain is made of healthy fats, including the most important omega-3. In order that the brain can repair itself and become neurons are connected properly, we must provide the right food for the brain. Well, the omega-3 found in many types of fish and nuts.
4. Chewing gum
Research conducted in 2002 in the United Kingdom found that chewing gum gives better results on tests of long-term memory and short-term compared with those who did not chew anything.
The scientists suspect, gum chewing action will produce saliva, which increases heart rate, or it affects the function of a brain area called the hippocampus that causes the body to release insulin in preparation for food metabolism.