7 Ways to Learn More Without More Study

The abundance of new research on how teenage brains work, aside from being cool for its own sake--teen brains are developing madly, pruning synapses and insulating neurons to build a lean computing machine--is fueling a new movement to help kids make the most of the brain they've got. Think of it as a user's manual for a machine that's still being wired.

How would you like to learn more without having to study more?" Sign me up! Here's how:

1. Get to bed and go to sleep. Sleep enables memory consolidation

2. Start studying a few days in advance of a test. Memories are embedded better if the brain is exposed to information repeatedly

3. Feed your head

protein and complex carbs

4. Body exercise is brain exercise. Aerobic exercise really improves brain function

5. Learn now what you want to remember for the rest of your life

6. Harness the power of risk-taking

7. Learn what you love