Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Theory of Use and Disuse

An average human being looses an average of 1, 00,000 brain cells every day due to disuse. Unlike the other cells of our body, the brain cells do not multiply. Any cells that are damaged or not used simply degenerated. By the age of 35 a human being losses over 1,000 nerve cells a day.
The lesser a person uses his brain, the worse his memory becomes. People get mentally  out of shape when they stop challenging their minds. This happens when they opt for habitual solutions rather than purposeful thoughts, or if they confine there thinking to a small range of interests. Remember that mental fitness – your ability to concentrate, to reason, to visualize, to imagine, to make decisions, to solve problems and to think creativity depends greatly on how well and how often you exercise your mind. You need to exercise all of your mental muscles in order to keep yourself mentally fit. Just like several body muscles work together to create physical movement, several mental muscles work together to create clear purposeful thinking.