Explore fifteen tips (and a bonus) for how to improve brain health and function. Be sure to download the accompanying handout for resources and specific tips. Find the handout here http://bit.ly/mmhandout.

1. Developing a Mensa Mind:
15 Steps to
Building a
Better Brain

2. Believe it
absolutely
can be done.

3. There's no
such thing
as "an" IQ.

5. 1. Read a challenging book.

6. 2. Exercise.

8. 3. Develop your
working memory.

9. 4. Play a game.

10. 5. Meditate
& be mindful.

11. 6. Stop trying to do
two things at once.

12. 7. Don’t worry; be happy.

13. 8. Abandon junk food, not hope.

14. 9. Learn something.

15. 10. Phone a friend.

16. 11. Learn a
language,
n’est-ce pas?

17. 12. Tell a joke.

18. 13. Study something
really hard.

19. 14. Turn on the radio.

20. middle temporal gyrus

21. 15. Indulge.

22. BONUS:
Protect
this

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Athena statue: Museumsklubben Tegners Venner
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Medial temporal gyrus: wikimedia commons
Lindt chocolate: Lindt