Mindful

Interesting findings reported by TIME magazine (January 23) tells something about our minds (dear young and young-at-heart, please note no.9) -

1) Grandma was right - fish really is brain food
2) A steaming cup of coffee does turbocharge our mental acuity
3) Getting less than 8 hours of sleep seriously compromises our ability to concentrate and solve problems
4) Creativity rarely strikes in a flash but more typically results from steady cogitation
5) Multi-tasking can exact a heavy toll on the quality of our output
6) Daily meditation physically transforms the cerebral cortex
7) Physical exercise is as important as mental gymnastics in keeping Alzheimer's disease at bay
8) Human brain retains plasticity and capacity for learning throughout life
9) In some respects, our mental performance, despite a few glitches with short-term memory, doesn't peak until midlife, when the white matter in the loftiest parts of the brain is thickest