Improving mental health is a massive industry. Just do a easy Google search and you’ll discover literally millions of results. Although do you realize that the science behind modern neurology is pretty young? Like a 100 years young? And that’s not even taking into account the latest uncovering of neuroplasticity (your brain’s ability to modify) – a finding that changed what how neurologists viewed the brain and the birth of brain exercises and memory exercises.
In this post, I am going to tell you two things that many individual fail to do when it comes to retaining and strengthening their mental health. Considering the science is so new, don’t be amazed if even experts missed these. Here we go.
1. You may by now realize that brain exercises could enhance brain capacity. This is because when presented with a challenge, your brain alters and become better, similar to your muscles. Although do you realize that there is a necessary ingredient that scientists take for granted? When challenges were presented to two batch of rats – one in a group with normal social interaction and the other in seclusion, the outcome were totally unalike. The rats in groups had more neurons – as suspected – yet the brains of the rats in seclusion actually wasted away! That’s right, brain exercises could strengthen your mental health, however that is true only assuming that you have regular social interaction.
2. You may not know that however open space has an extensive influence on your psychology. A test was once carried out by John B. Calhoun, again on rats. When space was abundant, the rats behaved as foreseen in a utopian universe he place them in. Although when they reproduce and space became insufficient, he seen unpredictable transformation in the rat’s behavior. Females refuse to reproduce and became more and more aggressive while guys became anti-social and ended courtship. Unsocial confinement has much been adopted as a torture device hence don’t use it against yourself. Go out to some open space, preferably out of town, at least once a week. You will enjoy the feeling.
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