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Knowledge on Brain Performance Enhancement and Memory 大脑性能提升与记忆力知识

Joined August 2026
Review what you’ve learned repeatedly at intervals. Connect new knowledge with past experience, use associations more, and avoid rote memorization to greatly improve memory.
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Do not set multiple goals at once. The brain struggles to handle important tasks in parallel. Focus on one thing at a time, review and rest timely, cut down information interference to build stable neural connections steadily.
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Every thought you have creates neural connections, so it is extremely important to stay mindful. Be sure to repeat these affirmations: I am truly healthy, I am truly wealthy, I am truly happy, I am truly lucky. Over time, your nerves will form connections aligned with these positive statements. How could you possibly fail to achieve success and happiness?
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Memory tip: Don’t memorize important content by rote. Associate it with images and review at intervals. Avoid cramming information, so your brain can retain things better.
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The brain has a limited memory capacity, so the function of forgetting is very important. Forgetting means deleting unimportant information.
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Memory is divided into short‑term and long‑term memory. The brain consolidates memories during sleep. Forgetting is not a flaw but a protective mechanism to filter information and reduce brain load.
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The most complex things in the universe are not the various galaxies, but your brain. It contains billions of neurons that interact constantly every moment. It shapes your life and all your daily thoughts. Your brain is the most sophisticated machine in the universe
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Sleep is not when the brain shuts down. Instead, the brain undergoes deep‑cleaning during sleep.
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The habit that causes the most damage to the brain is regretting the past—plus anxiety about a future that hasn’t happened yet, chewed over again and again. It is a form of self-harm! If you could easily forget everything and live like a fool, that would actually be the best choice!
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8 Common and Easily Overlooked Habits That Harm the Brain 1. Chronic staying up late and sleep deprivation: This continuously damages hippocampal neurons and directly reduces memory and attention. Long-term sleep deprivation increases the risk of dementia. 2. Long-term skipping breakfast: The brain lacks a stable blood sugar supply, leading to slower reactions and poor concentration, and it also disrupts normal neurotransmitter secretion in the brain. 3. Smoking + long-term heavy drinking: Smoking reduces cerebral blood flow and accelerates brain atrophy; alcohol directly kills brain cells, and long-term excessive drinking causes irreversible cognitive damage. 4. Long-term sedentary behavior: Lack of exercise prevents enough blood oxygen from being delivered to the brain, leading to reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and gradually weakening learning and memory. 5. Overworking the brain / working overtime continuously: Continuous overload causes fatigue-related damage to the brain, manifested as slowed thinking and irritability, and over time reduces the brain’s functional reserve. 6. Long-term high-sugar, high-fat diet: This triggers chronic inflammation and damages cerebrovascular endothelial cells. It not only increases the risk of stroke but also accelerates cognitive decline. 7. Long-term isolation and minimal social interaction: Social stimulation is key to maintaining brain activity. Long-term lack of social interaction reduces brain activity and significantly increases the risk of cognitive decline. 8. Long-term reliance on electronic devices: Excessive short-video scrolling and fragmented information cause the brain to lose its ability to think deeply. Over time, this leads to a sustained decline in concentration and shallower thinking.
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The brain has about 86 billion neurons and transmits signals through synapses. It controls thought, memory, emotion, and movement. It remains plastic throughout life, and adequate sleep and learning can promote its health.
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Your brain has Two system. Faster and slowly model.
You’re helping your brain by reading books Daniel kehneman explained something fascinating in his book. Your brain has Two system System 1: Think fast, emotionally and automatically. System 2: Think slowly, logically, and deliberately.
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Neurons are truly amazing.
Every time you learn something new, your brain begins processing, connecting, and storing information. New knowledge can activate different areas of the brain as neurons communicate and form or strengthen connections with one another. Over time, repeated learning and practice can make these neural connections more efficient, helping information become easier to remember and use. This visualization gives a fascinating look at what the process of learning might look like inside the brain. 🧠⚡✨
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So doing is most important.
Most people remember what they read. But researchers know learning goes deeper when you actively engage with the material. Reading → 10% Hearing → 20% Seeing → 30% Watching → 50% Discussing → 70% Doing → 90% Don’t just consume information. Use it.
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It's astonishing how energy-efficient the human brain is. It seems AI still has a long way to go before it can catch up with the human brain.
THE HUMAN BRAIN USES 20 WATTS. AN EQUIVALENT AI WOULD REQUIRE 500 MILLION The human brain thinks with about 20 watts—about the same as a dim light bulb. Simulating the same thing with a traditional computer would require an exascale machine with 500 million watts, or 0.5 gigawatts. This is equivalent to the power consumption of 250,000 households. THE ENERGY GAP According to the researchers, running a human-scale cortical model of 20 billion neurons would require an exascale supercomputer with about 0.5 gigawatts of power. For comparison, Iceland's entire electricity consumption in 2023 was about 2 gigawatts. Simulating a single human brain would require a quarter of the power of an entire nation. The gap is 25 million times greater. A biological brain solves problems that the world's most powerful machines can't—recognizing a face, understanding a sentence, moving a hand—with the power of an incandescent light bulb.
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That's very true. The brain can program complex tasks. Once they are programmed, and the process of complex tasks is transferred to the subconscious, they will become easier and easier.
One of my favorite lessons from neuroscience: When you start something new, it feels like a struggle and requires your entire focus to figure out. But as you get better, it gets easier and you need far less brain power. Things become automatic and you can dedicate your brain to other tasks. In the image below, you can see how the brain becomes more efficient at the exact same task as people go from a novice to skilled over the course of a single 60-minute practice session. If something feels difficult, just keep at it. I've had this experience 100 different times over my life. Things that once took me weeks, now take me minutes. mrbartonmaths.com/resourcesn…
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To make your brain efficient: do one thing at a time; use spaced repetition to strengthen memory; Get enough sleep, exercise often, read more, and review regularly; when tired, meditate and relax, watch fewer short videos, and stay curious.
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During sleep at night, our heart does not stop beating; it keeps working, and so does the brain. The brain uses this period of nighttime sleep, when the various senses are almost no longer receiving external information, to organize and clear out all kinds of information within the brain. If a person has poor sleep over a long period, or stays up all night, it will lead to slow thinking and poorer memory, precisely because the brain has not been given time to clear out junk information.
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Did you know? Your brain spends all day telling lies—not malicious ones, but lies designed to make your life easier. Take your vision, for example. It actually has a 0.1‑second delay. To give you the illusion of seeing the world in “real time,” your brain predicts what’s about to happen and fills in the gaps for you. That’s why magicians can fool you—they exploit your brain’s prediction system. What you see isn’t reality; it’s your brain’s best guess. And your memory? It’s not a videotape at all. Every time you recall something, your brain quietly tweaks the details based on your current mood, beliefs, or even what someone else has told you. Those childhood memories you’re so sure about? Half of them might have been stitched together later. In other words, you’re not just the director of your own life—you’re the screenwriter too, and the kind who gleefully rewrites the script on a whim. Here’s the kicker: your brain makes up only 2% of your body weight, yet it guzzles 20% of your energy. So when you zone out or daydream, your brain isn’t slacking off—it’s actually running at full speed, processing its default mode network, integrating information, and sparking creativity. That moment you’re staring blankly into space? That might be the closest you ever get to being a genius. So the next time you think your brain isn’t performing well, remember this: your brain is not a precision machine. It’s a drama queen that loves making up stories, loves being lazy, and has an enormous appetite. And its most successful lie of all? Making you believe “I am rational.”
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Scientists have found that thinking speed can increase by 10% and problem-solving can become faster when people are lying down, compared to standing or sitting postures. This is because blood flow to the brain is more smooth when lying down. Lying down is the smartest thinking position — if you can't figure it out standing up, give lying down a try.
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