Think Tank: The Neuro Blog
What Other Energy Gum?
Chewing gum is that perfect delivery method. You can carry enough around in your purse or pocket to get you through a whole day. It absorbs within 15 minutes, so you can get the boost right when you need it. It's a great idea. Great enough that in the past several years there has been a rush to get a caffeinated gum into the mainstream.
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Top Five Ways to Stop Procrastinating
When procrastination gets out of hand, it can truly take on the feeling of having a genuine mental illness, because it can spiral badly. If procrastinating makes you doubt yourself and become depressed, and depression notoriously makes people procrastinate, then you can wind up with some serious attitude problems quickly without realizing where they started.
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How to Increase Your IQ in 5 Steps?
Working on your IQ can be one good way to improve your performance in all walks of life. Many people think that your IQ is entirely genetic and it’s impossible to increase it. The good news is that they’re wrong. Self-improvement is possible!
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Brain Training Apps: Do They Really Work?
Brain training apps are not only just for any sort of past time for athletes or sports practitioners, but also to mentally prepare them for what comes next after packing up sports wears, devotion to healthy diet, and enrolling yourself to an amazing Cross-Fit and Circuit Training coach. How do Brain-training apps affect the cognitive capacities of Cross-Fit and Circuit Enthusiasts?
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Five Negative effects of Social Media on Mental Health
We all know there's good and bad sides to the tools we use to stay social, but there may be more negative effects than we realize. Recently even Facebook has acknowledged that social media can have a negative influence on its users’ mental health. A vast array of recent studies has revealed the potential negative influence of heavy social media use on our psychological well-being. Here are some notes to consider:
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Benefits of Gum as a Nootropic
The truth is that there are many health benefits to chewing the standard, sugar-free gum. Add in a few carefully chosen brain-enhancing ingredients and you have an incredibly potent nootropic. But don’t take our word for it; here’s what science has to say on this topic.
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5 Tips for Boosting Self-Esteem
What’s your current relationship status with yourself? If the answer is "It’s Complicated," you may benefit from working on your self-esteem. It’s not your fault if you have low self-esteem. There are many external factors [1] that can contribute to the development of this problem. Your childhood, your personal and professional life all have an impact on the way you feel about yourself. But that doesn’t mean that you have to accept your low self-esteem as an immutable fact. Your first task is to admit that this is something you need to work on. Intentional self-improvement is one of the most important things you can do, and your self-image is the perfect place to start. So how do you approach working on your self-esteem?
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How Can I Improve My Study Skills?
Here’s the thing: studying is one of the least glamorous parts of life. It takes a lot of time, and it means going over the same material again and again. Sometimes, you’re stuck having to learn something that feels pointless. Even if you use every trick in the book, studying is intense work, and there’s just no way to make it look cool. But there are ways you can make it a lot more effective. Once you develop good study habits, you’ll become a lot more confident and you’ll be ready to take on new challenges. Here are some questions you have to ask yourself:
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The Overworked Millenial: Time Management Vs Attention Management
I've spent years trying to optimize my schedule and goal setting process to be able to accomplish the things I've set out to do. In that process, I realized that my issue wasn't dividing my time between my different tasks, but maintaining attention while doing the tasks. Here's some tips.
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