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How to improve brain performance?

• How to improve brain performance? I'm trying to put together a list of all proven methods of improving cognitive and memory performance, but I'm finding myself wading through a lot of unrelated journal articles, etc. I was hoping the hive mind could help. - legal and available ways to improve one's brain performance - backed up by multiple double-blind clinical studies / trials E.g., "exercise" would be an unhelpful answer. "Exercising for 30 minutes at least twice a week has been shown to improve cognitive function," would be a good answer. "Exercising for 30 minutes at least twice a week as published in article X. See this link for more info," would be a very helpful and greatly appreciated answer! Thanks.

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  There's a book called http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0979777747/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/, by Dr. John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist. He has 12 rules, which divide the book into 12 chapters. The rules do go into specifics such as how much exercise is optimal, or how many times a memory needs to be repeated to be stored in the long term. You don't have to go out and buy his book, as the his http://www.brainrules.net/the-rules seems to provide good basic coverage of the contents of the book. He also has thishttp://www.brainrules.net/brain-rules-video on the book's website that covers the rules. In the intro video, he lays out that the research for each of his brain rules is backed by a peer reviewed study and successfully replicated. The references he uses in his book are http://www.brainrules.net/references.