Each exercise uses a specific mental ability you have and activates an important part of your brain. There are no “right or wrong” answers. Maintain and enhance your cognitive abilities based on neuroscience principles. Each exercise takes 5 minutes or less. Write down your answers or just keep them in mind. Enjoy.

When you go through a cafeteria line, why do you often put more dishes of food on your tray then you want or need to eat for their nutritional value?

Mental Abilities: Logic, planning, reasoning and interpretation of sense modalities.

Brain Map: Hypothalamus, thalamus, and nucleus accumbens; the limbic system.

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