This will give you the much needed fuel and stability throughout your stint in the urban jungle. On the road to a healthier mind, there s no other way to go but the positive lane. Upon mastery of the walking techniques you can launch yourself to a faster pace by running. Scientific exploration of the hippocampus, a region of the brain overseeing memory and learning affairs, led to findings that running has benefits on the brain. However, there are studies showing that children who gets medication may also develop a calm behaviour, but showed no improvement in their relationships with peers or grades. Cognitive brain training as a therapy for ADHD sufferers, could actually increase focus and short term memory, according to a research performed by Rosemary Tannock of University of Toronto and Susan Gathercole of the University of Durham in England. Research also showed evidence that these mental calisthenics had considerably slowed down the effects of aging of the mind and other age-related mental deterioration. This package of exercises usually includes puzzles and logic games, flash cards, video games and other thinking drills. All of them are designed to improve the memory and to help increase concentration. About 7 million people have performed these brain training games. Most of these brain training exercises are also found in most commercial brain training software CDs. Improving the mind Initially, these brain training exercises have been developed first to offset or eliminate the effects of Alzheimer s disease, dementia and to generally improve the mind. Was it the same as the one two or more positions ago? At the same time, participants heard spoken letters and their task was the same as the one in the visual form, only this time it was spoken (in audio). The process is actually two independent modality streams running simultaneously. The tasks were adapted in a way that when participants performed well, the task became harder. Alzheimer s disease is said to have caused about 50 to 60% of dementia cases. Other possible cause of dementia are Parkinson s and Huntington s diseases, stroke, excessive alcohol and drug use, nutritional deficiencies, head injuries and illnesses related to the brain. Alzheimer s disease starts slowly.