9 Ways You're Accidentally Making Yourself Dumber
- Poor sleep.
- Too much sugar. Not only will sweet snacks cause your energy levels to peak and crash, leaving you physically drained, eating too much sugar will also impact your brain's performance. ...
- Multitasking. ...
- A high fat diet. ...
- Meetings. ...
- PowerPoint. ...
- Stress. ...
- Being a know-it-all.
Can people get dumber over time?
The idea that we get dumber as we grow older is just a myth, according to brain research that will encourage anyone old enough to know better. Conventional wisdom has it that we reach our mental peak in our mid-twenties and that it's all downhill from there.
Can you lose intelligence?
After any brain injury, even a mild one, there tends to be a drop or loss of IQ, but this score usually improves as time passes. This fact leads researchers to argue that most “intelligence loss” after brain injury is really just a result of trauma.
