Quora精選：怎樣才能更聰明、反應更快？

How can I make my brain sharper, smarter, and lightning fast?

我怎樣使自己思維更敏捷、更聰明、反應快？

獲得227.7k好評的回答@Andrew Ferebee：

1. Exercise

1.鍛鍊

Regular exercise can increase brain function, improve memory, speed up cognitive processes, and fight off diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

有規律的鍛鍊能提升大腦功能，改善記憶力，加快認知過程，並且戰勝疾病，如阿爾茲海默症和癡呆。

2. Get 8–9 Hours of High Quality Sleep

2.8-9小時高質量睡眠

If you do NOTHING else except improve your sleep, I promise you that your brain will be faster and sharper than ever before.

除了改善睡眠其他什麼都不做，我也能保證你的大腦會比以前反應更快、思維更敏捷。

3. Meditate for 10–30 Minutes a Day

3.一天冥想10-30分鐘

Meditation has been shown to help rebuild grey matter in the brain and increase cognitive performance significantly.

研究表明冥想有助於重建大腦灰質，有效提高認知表現。

4. Play a Variety of Different Games

4.玩各種不同的遊戲

5. Pick up a Musical Instrument

5.學一種樂器

Not only is music an amazing hobby that will do wonders for your social life, but it will literally rewire your brain and make you a faster and better learner.

音樂這個神奇的愛好不僅會給你的社交帶來驚人的影響，而且竟然能重新激活你的大腦，使你學得更快更好。

6. Volunteer

6.做志願者

7. Eat a Diet High In Healthy Fats and Low in Processed Sugars

7.飲食應富含健康脂肪，少含工業製糖。

8. Habits You Must Avoid

8.必須改掉的習慣

1) Drugs and Alcohol

1)吸毒酗酒

2) Eating Sugar

2)吃糖

3) Stressing Out

3)壓力過大

4) Operating from a Fixed Mindset

4)思維模式固定

獲得342.5k好評的回答@Joel Kaplan：

Back in 2015, Red Bull took their athletes through a series of “fear exercises” to help them perform better under pressure.

回顧2015年，紅牛車隊（奧地利一級方程式車隊之一）帶領隊員經歷了一系列“恐懼訓練”以幫助他們在壓力下激發更好的表現。

They had to drive racing cars on a dirt track, hold their breath under water as long as possible, and even crawl through a tunnel filled with snakes. At the end of the “fear training”, the athletes measured their heart rate, blood pressure, and mental comfort.

他們要在一條很髒的賽道上開賽車，在水下儘可能長時間憋氣，甚至要爬過滿是蛇的地道。“恐懼訓練”結束後，隊員測了心率、血壓和精神舒適度。

Guess what happened?

猜猜結果怎樣？

They were able to move faster, they were able to think faster, and they were able to act faster. Most importantly, their brain and body adapted under pressure. What was first a mentally exhausting and stressful activity, became something that they could do with ease and much more quickly.

他們移動速度更快，思維更敏捷，反應也更迅速。最重要的是，他們的大腦和身體適應了壓力下的狀態，原本是耗費腦力和施加壓力的活動，反倒讓他們能輕鬆應對，並且完成速度更快。

So what can you take away from this little experiment?

那麼你從這個小實驗中瞭解到了什麼？

Do the things that scare you the most… and you will become sharper, smarter, and faster than ever.

做你最害怕的事，你就能比以往思維更敏捷、更聰明、反應更快。

（翻譯：菲菲）