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Secret to brain success: Intelligent cognitive rest

August 1, 2017

Source: Harvard University

Many people do focused brain exercises to help develop their thinking. Some of these exercises work, while others do not. Regardless, the focus network in the brain is not the only network that needs training. The “unfocus” network needs training too….

Physical exercise and free-walking: In the brain, thinking supports movement, and movement supports thinking. In fact, exercise improves your DMN (default mode network) function – the “unfocus network.”

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