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Brain Games Boost Test Scores

Wait a second – videogames can be good for your kids?!

A recent study conducted in Scotland⁹ found that brain games boosted students’ math performance and improved their concentration and behavior.

To Cram or Not to Cram, That is the Question

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Staying up until 4 A.M. to cram for that test you should’ve been studying for days ago is almost a rite of passage for high school and college students. But new evidence shows that sleep may be as important as study. "…(Research) suggests that if you reviewed your notes thoroughly until you were tired and then slept, you'd achieve as much learning as if you'd pulled an all-nighter repeating your review of the material,"

Random Brain Facts

The approximate weight of a human brain is three pounds⁸
Skin weighs twice as much as the brain
The average brain has enough energy to power a 10-watt light bulb
The brain is made up of approximately 60% white matter and 40% grey matter
The brain contains about 100 billion neurons

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Resources

8	The Thinking Business. Http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/brain_facts.html

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Sleep on It

You’ve heard the phrase “Sleep on it”?

While we sleep – especially during the REM (rapid eye movement) phase – our brain processes information it took in during the day but couldn’t crunch at the time.