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For me: diet (vitamins, algae oil, a little creatine), sleep (tracked), exercise (HIIT), reading (non-fiction - help build your vocab/mental maps), dual-n-back.
by 1001101 4y ago
For me: diet (vitamins, algae oil, a little creatine), sleep (tracked), exercise (HIIT), reading (non-fiction - help build your vocab/mental maps), dual-n-back.
There are other tricks that I have heard of like the 'memory palace' [1], or mindfulness meditation, but those I don't think really worked for me personally, YMMV.
Have always been interested in nootropics, but I'm a dot the i's cross the t's kind of person, so haven't had anything to do with those.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci
- jfim 4y agoThe method of loci doesn't work really well for people who have aphantasia, which I believe is more common for software engineers than the general population.
- eurasiantiger 4y agoI find that hard to believe.
- jfim 4y agoWhich part do you find hard to believe? That people with aphantasia can have a hard time with the method of loci, or that aphantasia is more common for software engineers than in the general population?
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- eurasiantiger 4y agoThat aphantasia is more common for software engineers than in the general population.
- jfim 4y agoWell, there's a paper from 2020 that suggests that people with aphantasia are more likely to be working in a scientific or mathematical occupation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.003 Anecdotally, one can also search for engineer on the aphantasia subreddit to find many threads with engineers chiming in.
- 1001101 4y agoToo late to edit, so I'll add a reply: if you really feel like something in your brain is holding you back, you might want to do some tests with a specialist. I know people of all ages who have done this and benefited from the insights. GL.
- randomsde 4y agoA cognitive performance specialist? I’m genuinely interested in the sort of doctor one would see for insights into improving performance.