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The only real "brain training" is reading, learning practical and technical skills, and perhaps living a healthy lifestyle. Other than that, forget it. Brain p
by zizzles 10y ago
The only real "brain training" is reading, learning practical and technical skills, and perhaps living a healthy lifestyle.
Other than that, forget it. Brain power and being a quick-witted genius is all about GENETICS (like most things in this life)
- eagsalazar2 10y agoCouldn't disagree more. I guess intelligence might be an exception but most outcomes in life are not about genetics but are about circumstance, passion, and hard work.
- Someone1234 10y agoThat's a rather strawman response. You say you "couldn't disagree more" then state a position that the person you're replying to never stated they hold (about life outcomes). They were talking about cognitive decline and "brain power," not life outcomes as you seem to think.
- eagsalazar2 10y ago(like most things in this life) doesn't imply to you they are extending this POV beyond the discussion of brain power?
- zizzles 10y agoPassion. Hard work. Two personality-traits largely influenced by genetics. Try again.
- imron 10y agoI'm interested to see if you have any links to studies/research that back this up. The reason I ask is that I personally find I am passionate/hardworking for certain things but for others I'm completely disinterested/lazy. Likewise I have seen other people who are typically lazy and not hardworking, but get them on the one thing they are interested in (e.g. a specific sport) and they can quote match and player statistics stretching back decades. It's like they have this amazing ability but they've only applied it to a relatively useless part of their life (I say relatively useless because if they'd applied themselves with the same fervour to their work they'd have a much better quality of life). I'm not sure how that connects that with genetic personality traits.
- zizzles 10y agoHere is one: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299900008529 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299900... If you want more: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personality+genetics+pubmed http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personality+genetics+pubmed Scientists are still primitive in the understanding of the human brain, but as you can see, one factor in your behavior and personality (ie. motivation, persistence, ease-of-anger, compulsion, etc) is the complex relationship between neurotransmitters and their receptors (and millions of other factors of which we have no clue) These relationships are largely genetic, they are inherited to us. I have something to add of my own: Every characteristic about us, every move or action that we make, has a relationship (or is a byproduct) of some sort of gene(s) working together. You can even call it FATE if you want.
- trentmb 10y ago> You can even call it FATE if you want. Luck
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- analog31 10y agoI don't know if it's brain training, or just feeding an addiction, but playing music seems to make my brain work better. Maybe it functions by distracting me from other stuff that I'm over-thinking or worrying about. I won't discount genetics.
- lordnacho 10y agoThat's basically saying it's all environment, except for the things that aren't.