How to grow your brain

Short video going over the idea backed by research that your brain really is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

[legio]

Our brain is literally learning about our brain

[parthpatel]

This guy has taught me more than i learned in school times.

[LOLO-pykb]

This motivates me to solve more math problems

[jacobtran]

Please Do Not Stop Making These VIds! You just revive, inspire and gave hope to a student who was planning to drop Computer Science major.. Thank you.

[bgbzero]

This is very true. I was always one of those at the bottom of our class and of course becoming one made me question my capabilities and so on. I didn't want to stay like that forever. So I always studied, read books, and answered puzzles. I did anything that would make my brain "work". It was like a training for my brain. And so every semester I saw my progress until I reached the top. I was really happy I achieved such. And now it's so easy and fast for me to analyze and memorize.

[thorulfscottson]

"If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't." Excellent video, nonetheless.

[bentothenstop]

So failing my classes is better then cheating

[kimtonsing]

Three years ago i used to listen to him a lot...and lost track of it since then, and now hearing his voice again makes me feels so good and nostalgic😊

[humini]

So the brain grows when we're struggling with things.
Does the "thing" have to be something specific?
Like math? or science? Logical reasoning? Literature? Art? Music? 
and what's the effect of stronger connectedness between neurons?
Do we get smarter or just think faster? or maybe do better at the things we're struggling with?
This should be an hour-long video, I was just getting interested and suddenly the video ended...

[samirkhan-]

When you get something wrong, when you challenge your brain, when you review why you got it wrong, when you really process that feedback, that's when your brain grows the most

[EpistemicPolymath]

I love this area of research. If I went into medical research this is where I would love to be. This kind of research changed my life. It made me start to love learning because I know my brain is loving every minute of it. Thank you for an awesome video. Khan Academy is awesome, teaching others is a great way to increase neural activity within yourself, but at the same time he is helping do that for others as well. Awesomeness!

[AmdusMzrt]

What about the loss of IQ due to brain damage?  TBI or stroke sufferers may improve their discognitive symptoms significantly through intensive therapy, however their cognitive functions almost never return fully to pre-trauma levels. It seems to be generally accepted that most kinds of brain damage are permanent. 

[sakinamoawia]

That's why they say active recall (flashcards) is better than rereading your notes for exams

[KingDaddyOG]

Shoutout to Khan Academy, thank you so much!!
And a shoutout to everyone else around the world who's bunkering down during this historic time! We can do this!!

[Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time]

Short video going over the idea backed by research that your brain really is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

[Piercingthesky]

I’m so thankful for Khan and his team. His website is incredibly amazing for learning. I really wish we help more with our donations and grow the number of courses further

[Zohirul-Jewel]

This is the best Khan Academy video EVER. When I was a teen I would often complain about my assignments being to hard for me, then one day my math teacher tolled me "I can give you something easy, something you already know how to do but you wouldn't learn anything.

[probablynotsatanic]

Yes, there are variations in levels of innate talent, IQ, and such. There is so much variation in every population that it's simply not reasonable to say that we all have the same capacity. However, there is variation in height and it's a well-known fact that proper diet, exercise, and sleep can significantly increase your potential height. Occasionally, there are some incredibly tall 8'5" giants who were basically genetic accidents. There are some freakishly smart people in this world, but there are many factors that can contribute to the growth of intelligence as well.

An analogy: Imagine a water bottle standing next to a bathtub. The bathtub can obviously hold more water. But are you going to fill the water bottle up all the way anyway? Of course you are! Look, most of us aren't going to be as smart as Gauss or Newton in our lifetime in the way that a normal-capacity bottle is never going to be as full as a bathtub filled with water. But why keep the bottle empty? It has a capacity, so fill it! And also, don't assume that the bathtub doesn't need water.

Besides, why compare yourself to the intellectual giants? Be the best that YOU can. It's cheesy, but what's the point in comparing yourself to the one-in-a-billion geniuses? What will that accomplish? God knows that I would feel absolutely inadequate if I felt obligated to be the next Euler. Just keep doin' your thang, man. Your brain is an amazing organ, and never doubt that.

[jasonzacharias]

Sal and like two other people know how to properly explain stuff to dummies like me. Thank you sir for years of your free support, God bless and keep you and your crew of masters at the academy. Peace

[Dannnneh]

I thought the fact that the more you use your brain for a specific task the better it becomes at it, but it's actually pretty motivational that the more your brain struggles the more it evolves.