excellent idea, grant! I think this is a very good way to build your neurological networks.

Another way, I found to expand them is to simply write. Even if it is as simple as posting things that you have come up with by yourself. It forces you to think about certain "connections", thereby building your own neural pathways.

I was wondering, I heard that by stimulating certain networks we can trigger networks "close" by to build other networks. Is this true and if so, is it true that iq tests help one build one's intelligence in certain areas. Does it really increase your intelligence or is it really just limited to iq testing?

other suggestions or ways to improve one's neurological network are always welcome! thanks!

Hi Andromeda

I know that when you solve a problem that requires lateral thinking, it is only logical in hindsight. New neural connections are formed for each problem you solve that needs lateral thinking, because you need to make a creative leap to get to the answer. I know MENSA publishes alot of lateral puzzle books. Lately I've seen a box of cards with a MENSA puzzle on each card with the answers at the back. It is quite a nifty tool for mental stretching.

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great, that sounds like an awesome way to increase your neural networks...

i also thought about simply reading a lot of fiction, because it requires us to visualize the many different scenes.

how about analyzing words? single words that we don't know or words that we do know, but just never really paid much attention to? i found that while reading nabokov (i just happen to read his books right now)his vast vocabulary made so many relationships to things that understanding these alone can increase your networks.

i find that nevertheless there is no short-cut to increasing one's neural networks. as much as i'd like to believe that PR'ing increases them, they, in my mind, don't. but i think the alternative ways that we have mentioned so far are valuable tools already. so, cool, thanks! would love to hear more suggestions !!

Everytime you are developing your critical sense, you get smarter (=neural networks). This happens when your mind compare things, thinkins about thinks, using visual NLP etc.

You can also buy some pills I have heard, which actually can create these neural networks. I know Ross Jeffries is taking some pills, which makes him smarter. AND he is good at some things.

Also learning to release endorphins in your body, can create neural networks in your brain. Endorphins is your body's opium. You release endorphins after everytime you have laughed a lot, made love, been out running etc. Many things that feels really good actually release endorphins... And if you are good at NLP, you actually can learn to release endorphins by command, simply by thinking of it, the right way of course.... There are many ways you can learn that.

Why do you want these neural Networks? Are you often failing at something that has to do with intelligence, since you want them? Just curious....

Many of the comments have been rather insightful and I would like to thank you for those. With some others, well, I am not in agreement (such as taking pills, or obfuscating your reality by visual pinball drops through electro-guided glasses). May that be as it is...

As an extension to my initial post, I want to add a few more ideas and see what you think...

One of the questions was "why do I want to extend my neural networks?" and the answer is actually manifold. One, I believe that we are not using our potential. I find myself grappling about problems or ideas for a long time before even coming up with an answer, whereas others simply sit down and see a solution to it. I have found this to be the case not in just on area, but in many different subjects. The ability to dissect and assemble a theory or thought is fascinating for me. Just to mention an example. I have watched many live debates where it was required to come up with coherent statements and convince an audience of 100 people or so within a matter of seconds [the debate is not in a "matter of seconds" , simply the way you have to come up with arguments is. Each speaker is allowed 8 minutes to speak; also specific knowledge is not allowed, which would point to a prepared debate... this just to reflect the improptu nature of these debates and the fact that one truly needs to use his "intelligence" in formulating strong arguments).

There have been people that did very poorly and I have seen some that were just amazing in putting seemingly complex theories into just a few sentences and making perfect sense. I am thinking of one particular person I could remember, but the interesting part was that he did not even study the field as much as I had and yet was able to pull everything together the way he did. What I am pointing to is one underlying question, why, or better yet, how can we develop the ability to understand different subjects within a matter of seconds? How can we develop our neurological networks to make sense of ideas, thoughts, etc? Any ideas anyone? Thanks!

Learning new things, especially those involving different senses and thought processes, will increase neurological pathways. I don't recall the specific details, but a recent research study determined that taxi drivers increased the number of brain cells after learning new directions.. (having been in several NYC cabs, I wonder how many brain cells they started with)

T'ai chi is a complex set of movements that involves various functions of balance, memory, kinesthetics, oxygenation, visualization along with a new way of thinking about the universe (yin and yang, unity of opposites) known to increase DHEA and Melatonin levels...

For me, I've been using a combination of Photoreading, Natural Brilliance, The Genius Code and Sedona Method.. with twice daily t'ai chi (Yang style long form) with excellent results..

Thinking about Centerpointe..

Just wrote a screenplay in less than 6 wks.

Robert Hammond