Posted 06 March 2013 - 05:38 PM
This is actually a question I'm fairly interested in myself, as I'm an economics student and considering a math minor. Needless to say, all of my classes this term are mathetmatical.
The best things I've found are:
-Noopept and piracetam seem to subtly improve my understand and cut down on time to learn new concepts, albeit very slightly. The same can be said for ginkgo/gotu tincture and ALCAR.
-Aerobic exercise and sleep both noticeably improve my ability to learn new information in class, moreso than racetams.
-Meditation always seems to invariably improve my attention to detail while solving problems - e.g., not making basic mistakes on arithmetic, not forgetting to carry over things like a negative side from one page to the next in my work.
-Stimulants generally correlate with an attitudal change in me wherein working on problems suddenly becomes much more interesting and fulfilling; in that regard, espresso, high quality green tea, the CILTEP stack and Adderall all improve this mechanism to varying degrees. This, in turn, makes me much more motivated to tackle novel material. Coupled with the usual effects of stimulants, I approach an understanding of said material more rapidly given higher focus and attention. (Caveat: I was diagnosed with ADD around age 5, but did very little in the past for treatment.)
-Ashwagandha, theanine from green tea and to a lesser extent, piracetam both seem to cut down a little on exam anxiety, although this is something that has to be held tightly in balance. Cut down too much and I don't care about the exam anymore(!)
-Correcting a vitamin D imbalance has actually had quite an improvement on my motivation and energy.
As well, anything that really improves working memory will without a doubt help you on things that require remembering multiple steps while focusing in on a single one, though I believe GRE math is pretty basic and doing well at it involves mainly being very quick with mental arithmetic. I'm still searching for something that really improves my own working memory, as neither creatine, omega-3's nor any of the stuff listed above seems to have had much of an effect. (I'm open to trying dual-n-back or similar exercises.)
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