Exercises that sharpens the brain 2 :- move your fingers to improve your brain

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Many people marvel that Asian
children seem so intelligent. It
could be because they use their
fingers more frequently. They
eat with chopsticks and at one
time most compute with an
abacus in school and in fact
some studies have been done
with children who use an abacus
daily, and findings shows that
engaging the fingers stimulates
nerve ending that go directly
to the brain, and increase
circulation.take advantage of
this by practicing activities that
use finger tips,like crocheting,
knitting and other arts and
craft where you are
manipulating small parts you
could try playing piano or a
string instrument.
Here is an exercise you can do
for yourself, and anywhere at
anytime. Put a finger on top of
the next to it,then try to
stack the next finger on top of
that or hold a pencil or pen
between your index finger and
middle finger,roll it over until its
balanced between the middle
finger,then again in between
the ring finger and pinky,this
exercise has a beneficial impact
on brain health for anyone at
any age, but especially for
people in their 40s,50s and
beyond when signs of brain
ageing starts to set in.
Why does this work?
A map of the brain shows that
the nerve ending on your
fingertips correspond to more
areas of the brain than any
other part of the body area,
except perhaps the tongue and
lips. Therefore exercise and
movement can be useful in
stimulating the neurons in the
brain. The national institute of
mental health conducted
experiments that showed finger
exercise enlarged the capacity
of the participant
brain,increased connection
between neurons, forged new
neural pathways, and increased
circulation to the brain... The
researches concluded that
finger exercise contributes
significantly to brain plasticity...
Increased oxygen and nutrient
for the brain cells and
decreased waste products that
clog up the brain.