https://lancebarker.me/tags/brain-training/Recent content in Brain-Training on Lance Barker HomeHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Lance BarkerWed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://lancebarker.me/blogs/2026-04-08-memory-is-a-muscle/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://lancebarker.me/blogs/2026-04-08-memory-is-a-muscle/<p><a href="https://lancebarker.me/images/memory-is-a-muscle.webp" ><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://lancebarker.me/images/memory-is-a-muscle_hu_4157496c3b5b64fb.webp" srcset="https://lancebarker.me/images/memory-is-a-muscle_hu_4157496c3b5b64fb.webp 800w, https://lancebarker.me/images/memory-is-a-muscle.webp 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://lancebarker.me/images/memory-is-a-muscle.webp"></figure> </a></p> <p>The numbers appear on the screen.</p> <p>Five of them. Then they&rsquo;re gone.</p> <p>Three seconds. That&rsquo;s all you get.</p> <p>Then a joke shows up — something about a bear with no teeth or a seafood diet — and by the time you&rsquo;ve read it and smiled (or groaned), the numbers feel like they belonged to someone else.</p>