21 Ways to Be Smarter in 2011
The quest for ways to boost cognitive capacity is not hopeless. Taking up new, cognitively demanding activities—ballroom dancing, a foreign language—is more likely to boost processing speed, strengthen synapses, and expand or create functional networks. Here's a list at some ways you can strengthen your brain.
Courtesy of Margin Call Productions
If the Wall Street sequel was a guilty pleasure, this film is its intellectual corollary. Premiering at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the indie financial thriller stars Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons as employees of Lehman Brothers during the final 24 hours before the firm imploded—along with the world economy. In 2010 the film made the top 10 on the Black List, an annual compendium of the most-liked screenplays.
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