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Summary Brain exercises can be as simple as actively engaging the brain in everyday tasks. Others are targeted workouts for the brain, specifically designed to enhance memory, cognition, or creativity ...

Simple daily brain exercises can enhance concentration, memory, creativity, and emotional balance, while improving problem-solving skills, reducing stress, and sharpening overall cognitive abilities.

Psychologists have discovered that all creative ideas are combinations of existing ideas. A lot of the creativity exercises that I recommend in my book Zig Zag are ways to stretch your mind’s ability ...