Most Popular Posts of 2010 – First Half

July has arrived and with it some extreme hot days here in the Netherlands. Indoors it is not much better than outdoors, so I am not going to spend a lot of time today sitting at my computer. It is time again to list the most popular blog posts of the last six months. Increase Your Mind Power – Use Mental Math Tricks – The most popular... [Read more]

7 Most Popular Mental Math and Speed Mathematics Books

My article on Increase Your Mind Power – Use Mental Math Tricks is one of the most popular articles on this blog. If you want more information on this subject, there are some great books written on mental math tricks, math shortcuts and speed mathematics. These books should help you to do math much more quickly than you do now. For every book... [Read more]

15 Ways to Increase Your Mind Power

The articles about increasing mind power seem to be quite popular on this blog. Here are some more ways to increase your mind power. I will link to other articles on this blog if the subject has already been explained in more detail. Deep breathing. More air in means more oxygen in the blood and therefore in the brain. Several deep breaths can also... [Read more]

Savants – 7 Videos About Daniel Tammet

This new post in the mind power series is about savants. Savants are people with developmental disorders who have one or more areas of expertise, ability or brilliance that are in contrast with the individual’s overall limitations (Wikipedia). Some of the most well known savants are Kim Peek (the inspiration for the character of Dustin Hoffman... [Read more]

Mind Power and Language Fun

Maybe you’ve read this before, but I thought it was really funny, so I’d like to share it with you. Read it and you’ll be amazed by the power of your mind! “I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rseaerch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deson’t... [Read more]

Increase Your Mind Power – Use Mental Math Tricks

After the article on Neurobics this is the second article in the “Increase Your Mind Power” series. Although most people will use a calculator (nearly every cell phone has one), doing math in your head is a really useful skill. And this does not always have to be hard. There are several tricks and shortcuts available to make doing math... [Read more]

Increase Your Mind Power – Neurobics

The following months I will write a series of posts on increasing your mind power. It has been a long-time interest of me and recently I got into the subject again after reading some great books by Steve Gillman, 100 Ways to Increase Your Mind Power and A Book of Secrets. Neurobics? The first in the series is on Neurobics. The term Neurobics was invented... [Read more]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you and your loved ones! We just spent the last few days with our family and have had a great time. We hope you have enjoyed yourself as well. What will 2009 bring to this blog? You can expect articles on the following subjects: Memory techniques. An article on how to remember names and faces is coming up in a few days. More articles... [Read more]

How to Meditate – Use Your Imagination

There are many ways to meditate. In this article I won’t go into all the different kinds of meditation. I will show you one fun exercise which is very fun to do and will help you to relax, improve your memory and sharpen your senses at the same time. You probably already know that your brain can’t distinguish between something experienced and... [Read more]

Memory Improvement and Becoming Vegan

So where do I begin? This is my first post for this blog and I will use this to tell about the things you can expect from me in the following weeks. I have always been interested in a lot of things. The problem with me is focusing on one thing at a time. By writing about my experiences I hope to be able to focus on a single subject at a time. Below... [Read more]