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Here are the six interesting hobbies that can help your brain grow:

Recent study shows that people can sharpen up their brains with a number of activities, one of them are interesting hobbies. According to a report published in the Entrepreneur, our brain works better when left to explore itself in the realm of multiple activities.

Here's a look at six interesting hobbies that can help your brain grow:

1) Play music instrument

Everybody knows that the most intelligent scientist Albert Einstein learnt playing violin in his childhood. There are countless benefits of learning music, it augments a number of factors:

How does it work?

According to the study, playing music instruments strengthens corpus callosum, the nerve that connects the two hemispheres of our brain, and connects new connections.

How can improved corpus callosum help?

It restores and improves a number of skills, such as:

• Creativity
  
• Analytical skills
  
• Language skills
  
• Quantitative skills
  
• Fine motor skills
  
• Executive skills
  
• Memory skills
  

2. Read anything

Reading streamlines our thoughts and hence we deliver better outcomes. A Wall Street Journal report affirms that reading anything from Harry Potter to Game of Thrones will bring a substantial change in your approach. It augments three types of intelligence:

• Crystallized
  
• Fluid
  
• Emotional
  

How does it helps?

It teaches you great life lesson, which are definitely not in your textbooks.

Skills developed via reading

• Problem solving
  
• Putting knowledge together to better navigate everyday life
  
• Detecting patterns
  
• Understanding processes
  
• Accurately interpreting and responding to other people's feelings
  

3. Exercise regularly

We often hear experts saying that exercises can make a lot of changes in your mental and physical ability, such as:

• Develops memory
  
• Improves focus
  
• Increases Concentration
  
• Improves Understanding
  

How does exercising help?

Regular excising can generate BDNF cells, a neurotrophic factor encoded gene, this helps in human brain growth.

4. Learn a new language

People generally say that playing games or solving puzzles can sharpen up your brain, however, learning a new language can do much more to the brain. Research shows how a language can help you tackle the intrinsic life problem:

Skills developed are

• Analytical skills
  
• Executive skills
  
• Planning skills
  
• Problem solving
  
• Monitoring environment
  
• Direct attention to processes
  
• Perception of environment
  

5. Test your cumulative learning

Cumulative learning basically helps our brain built the foundation of what we are about to learn, which is why our brain gets prepared.

What is cumulative learning?

Cumulative learning is a cognitive process by which we accumulate knowledge and this eventually serves as a building block for subsequent development.

Learning the same thing again and again helps our brain boost.

Benefits of Cumulative Learning:

• Sharpens memory
  
• Helps in long term learning
  
• Helps in retention and recall
  
• Prepares mind for future learning
  
• Brings agility in students
  

6. Brain work out

Playing games, puzzles, riddles, solving quizes, card games, video games help in generating neuroplasticity and those with high amount of neuroplasticity enjoy a number of benefits.