I've begun an aggressive study on brain training, essentially how to substantially increase my mental acuity and cognitive performance. I want to strengthen my brain's performance in the areas of memory, visual-spatial, logic, concentration/focus, and language. After examining my self academically and intellectually, I don't believe my brain is functioning at an acceptable level of performance. I've gotten so interested in this that I'm developing a proprietary brain training 'strategy' primarily for execution in my undergraduate studies. I've also tested and discovered that I'm a audio-visual learner and I will be tailoring my study habits to accommodate this learning 'style'. I've purchased five books written by neurologists and experts in cognition. There are many factors such as diet, sleep, mental 'exercises', stress, physical fitness, and habits (such as smoking and drinking) that I've read information on that have a bearing on your brain's performance. I believe that newly-acquired interest of mine in brain training this will help me tremendously in my personal life, but more importantly, in my academic experience. My goal? Tailor my personal learning style with superior study habits and "brain training" to transfer from El Centro College to Southern Methodist University and afterward, acquire a joint degree in law and computer science/engineering from Stanford, Duke, or U of Chicago. Am I wasting my time with brain training or is it very relevant to increasing academic performance? Is my intelligence fixed and not 'improvable'? What are your thoughts?
The brain is like any muscle in the human body. It needs exercise to improve performance. To answer your question, no I don't think your wasting your time at all.
I never think brain training is a Waste of Time . I am interested to know more about brain training and how to active potential ability.
I don't think your wasting your time either. Studies showed that we are only using a very small portion of our brain capacity. The human brain is capable of retaining amazing amounts of nformation.