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I would recommend that you make sure that every important item has its dedicated spot. For my keys and my wallet this is a kind of place mat on my desk. Every time I arrive at home my keys go there along with my wallet. If the keys aren't there, they are in my left pant pocket or the left pocket of my jacket. For other things there are document drawers ...

Here's an example. Put a rat in a maze. Have a piece of chocolate at the exit of the maze. The rat will smell it and find a path to the chocolate. After repeating this a few times, the rat will learn the correct path and go there over and over again, faster each time. The rat will take some wrong turns and maybe get lost, but will eventually gain the skill ...

So I've always considered IQ to be pretty innate, but wikipedia.org has other ideas: In general, educational interventions, as those described below, have shown short-term effects on IQ, but long-term follow-up is often missing. For example, in the US very large intervention programs such as the Head Start Program have not produced lasting gains in ...

I have this problem too. I mitigate it by: Always putting objects in a dedicated spot Putting objects I shouldn't forget about in prominent places, like at eye height on the stairs If you do the latter too much, you'll end up creating familiarity and you will no longer notice these objects. Keep it fresh. Furthermore I strengthen my awareness by: ...

The things I tend to misplace are new or temporary things that don't yet have a defined place. This can particularly be a problem if you live with someone else who might tidy up after you... My solution is to have In Boxes in strategic spots (office, kitchen, and garage). Anything that doesn't have a place, or anything my wife knows is mine but doesn't ...

Fluid intelligence is tied to biology. It is defined as our "on-the-spot reasoning ability, a skill not basically dependant on our experience." Brain Workshop - a Dual N-Back game Brain Workshop is a free open-source version of the dual n-back brain training exercise. A recent study published in PNAS, an important scientific journal, shows ...

I've used Lumosity for more than two years. I've noticed that 15-20 minutes of Lumosity first thing in the morning does an excellent job of warming up my brain for the challenges of the day. I've also found that after prolonged work that 15 minutes of L can enable you to go back to your work refreshed. In addition, after a little poking around the ...

The phrasing of the question seems more to do with psychology/confidence than productivity, but the concept of doing something difficult is intriguing. A hard problem is pretty subjective - what is hard for me may not be hard for you, and vice versa. Now for a couple of platitudes: (1) Long journeys begin with a single step, and (2) practice makes perfect. ...

You could be interesting in the works of Vera Birkenbihl. They are concentrated on the ways to improve the learning and thinking abilities. However, don't expect your abilities to increase by astronomical factor, as long as you don't have total hay in head. The key factor is concentration, if you lack concentration, you won't be able to learn much. And ...

Take lots of IQ tests. They're supposed to be tests of your creativity and mental ability, but they're standardized to some degree because the results need to be repeatable. All of them follow some pattern. Take basketball as an analogy. You can't possibly train every shot from every position blocked by people of different sizes and techniques. But the more ...

The older I get the less likely I am to really invest in solving hard problems. I often feel like I don't have the time to invest when the risk of not getting a solution is high. So - when I really need, or want, to take on something difficult - I go in with very open ended expectations for myself. Mostly that means telling myself that I may not actually ...

Consider the following words of wisdom by Richard Rusczyk: The first step in dealing with difficult problems is to accept and understand their importance. Don't duck them. ... Brilliant "Aha!" moments almost always spring from minds cultivated by long periods of frustration. But without that frustration, those brilliant ideas never arise. ... The ...

Learn how the brain works. The brain is generally quite stupid. It remembers things you don't want it to remember. It forgets things you really want to remember. It never recalls the right things at the right time. It's not a computer. It's a pattern recognition system. Your memory does not function exactly like a disk. There are large portions of the ...

Practise : might sound ridiculous but nothing beats it . Find a way to practise the concept you want to master if not known already .It will not only increase your understanding of the concept but bring up many more questions .Finding answers to those questions will increase your overall idea .

How to improve one's 'learning' and 'understanding' capabilities? You cannot see unless your eyes are working properly, you cannot hear unless your ears are in good shape, you will start panting after walking if you have not drank enough water, and finally you cannot think properly unless your mind is in perfect order. I think you are getting my point ...

I am using the following trick: every time I am not sure where to put something (if this something doesn't have a permanent spot yet) I am asking myself: where would I look if I was looking for this thing? The answer usually gives me the best place and one more thing would have it's designated spot.

Just a couple of days ago, I misplaced my car keys and it took me 15 minutes to find them (they were buried under some papers). I can't count on using a dedicated spot to hang them up, so I just ordered one of these sets of wireless key finders. Won't help with finding papers, but could be helpful for some of the other items in your life that get lost. I ...

A lot of the brain power comes by repetition. I am a Lumosity user for quite some time and in my opinion it is one of the best. However it's only effective if you keep training your brain on a regular basis. I tried some other apps and stuff, also on my Android, but Lumosity to me is the most fun, motivating and it has some nice graphs & tools for ...

I'm pretty sceptical of any training that aims to increase your fluid intelligence. Practicing intelligence test items may improve your score on intelligence test items, but I doubt it would generalise to other domains. I think you're better off trying to acquire domain specific expertise in whatever domain interests you than trying to change something as ...

Analog yes - digital very minimally despite Lumosity's claims. We are analog beings, not computers and the more senses involved the faster and deeper the connections. Yes you'll get better at the games, but that doesn't always translate to better real world performance. Even the famous dual n-back research by Jaeggi they all quote found minimal translation ...

I think brain games work pretty well. Games like braintraining on the DS, I don't think so. You'll just get better at the games instead of improving your actual cognitive skills. The creators themselves admitted that. It's for entertainment purposes. But, if you take a site like http://braingymmer.com with games all based upon neuroscientific research, or ...