In childhood, our memory works great. It is very easy to learn poems and memorize school material. Over time, the amount of information increases significantly, and stress and stress contribute to a deterioration in the quality of memory and thought processes.
Brain training
The mind can be trained in various ways: to learn poems, read books, solve crosswords and much more. Recent studies have shown that simple exercises aimed at attention, logic, thinking and memory are considered the most effective brain development methods.
Such methods have a game form, respectively, give us pleasure. And this means that we have a desire to repeat the action again.
The head should work
Our brain resembles muscles, that is, if you do not give it the necessary amount of work every day, then it becomes lazy and ceases to recognize the “think!” Command. Scientists describe this process as follows: between the neurons, the formation of new synapses occurs, the cortex thickens and becomes more sinuous, then new capillaries grow in, the axons increase the speed of nerve signals, and the functional connections between the individual brain structures are complicated.
However, the brain is not as simple in structure as the muscles. When performing the same tasks every day, sooner or later he will get bored, and then mark the routine as an unnecessary activity. Therefore, it is important to deceive him in a timely manner by performing special exercises.
Mind color training
You need to look at the special multi-colored text, which consists of a whole list of shades, but the words do not have a logical sequence. Your task is to produce the name of the color by which the text is written. As soon as you reach the end of the text, the task must be repeated, but vice versa, that is, you will have to start from the very end of the list.
At first, such an exercise will be difficult. The thing is that different hemispheres of the brain are responsible for the perception of text and shades. Such an exercise has a positive effect on the relationship between them, and also improves mindfulness and concentration. Moreover, it is believed that this exercise is an excellent prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
We write synchronously
Training memory and mind is very important for every person. Consider an exercise that promotes simultaneous stimulation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
- Take two sheets of paper and two pencils.
- At the same time, with two hands, draw different figures or words, different in meaning, but the same in number of characters.
Return count
It is necessary to count triples in the reverse order, that is, 300, 297, 294, 291, etc. Such an exercise helps to develop working memory.
There is a similar exercise, but the letters are involved. For example: you need to come up with a word for each letter of the alphabet. During the execution of such a task, access to words that we have not used in our speech for a long time is restored, and accordingly, interaction occurs between nerve cells, which are in a state of “half-nap” in everyday life.
Chess
A very useful board game that is designed to train your mind and mindfulness. The fact is that each time you have to think ahead, and also try to predict the opponent’s strategy. Such a game contributes to the load on working memory and maintaining it in an active state.
Useful exercises
The following exercises are useful for brain development:
- Engage your left hand. If you are left-handed, then include the right one in the work. Try to periodically perform daily activities during the day with a “passive” hand (brush your teeth, fasten buttons on clothes, eat or type on the keyboard). Such tactics are necessary in order to transfer the activation of the motor cortex from the left to the right hemisphere. Moreover, the implementation of such an exercise favorably affects the development of creative abilities and innovative thinking.
- Develop new skills and abilities. Move around your own apartment or house, in which everything is very familiar to you, with your eyes closed. Try to touch to determine which coins are in your wallet, pour water into a glass, take a shower. All actions that you decide to perform during the day should be carried out with your eyes closed. You can use a bandage. Such an exercise helps to use all the sensory areas of the brain, which in the normal state do not work at all.
- An exercise is considered to be interesting for training the mind and character, aimed at changing the way of thinking. It is common for a person to get used to his image, therefore, for him, attempts to change his style seem pointless. Discard these stereotypes and try on a new image. It may be makeup, clothing or hairstyle. It’s up to you, but change should not go unnoticed.
- Do not be afraid to change the interior of your home and workplace. Regularly rearrange things that surround you in different places. If you do the same thing every day, then periodically replace routine activities with something new and unknown. This approach stimulates the sensory inputs of the brain and makes life brighter and richer, unlike the constant tasks that you do regularly. Habits can seriously tire our brain, so it needs regular shakes.
- Choose a new route along which you will get to work. Try to travel more often, as well as relax each time in a new place. As studies by physiologists show, under such conditions, spatial memory and the size of the hippocampus are actively developing.
- Try to creatively answer on-duty questions such as “how are you?”, “What's new?”, Each time inventing new phrases. It is very important to abandon stereotypes. If you try to approach everything from the creative side, then you stimulate the memory and the center of speech in the brain.
We remember objects
Training the mind and developing memory requires regular exercise. The lesson, which we will now consider, can be performed at any place and at a time convenient for you. Try to remember a few objects that surround you now.
Your task is to pay attention to all the smallest details, and then reproduce all the information in memory. Try to accurately describe the items that you examined (color, size, texture, chips, cracks or scuffs, etc.). Gradually, the training will have to be complicated. For this, it will be necessary to choose a larger number of objects or figures and elements complex in structure.
Remember the words
Tasks for training the mind can be performed not only by adults, but also by children. Often the lesson is used in schools and kindergartens. The task is to memorize the maximum number of words in the correct sequence, and then reproduce them from memory.
Let's say: sun, sky, sakura, grass, blue, blooms, nature, happy, sea, constellation, sand, excitement, hot, coconut, elephant.
Initially, the exercise resembles memorizing a poem, but differs from it in that it has no semantic sequence; accordingly, remembering such a set of words and then reproducing it from memory will be quite difficult.
Steve Jobs Exercises
If you sit quietly and try to relax, you can see that our brain is very worried. When trying to calm him, the situation can only get worse. It is very important to learn how to relax with your head, then our brain will begin to open new horizons for knowing the subtlest things. Similarly, Steve Jobs described the state of meditation to his biographer.
Consider the exercise for training the mind from a famous inventor:
- Sit and cross your legs in a quiet place where no one can disturb you. Start breathing deeply.
- Close your eyes and listen to the inner monologue, which jumps from one thought to another in your head. Do not try to stop this process. Observe your consciousness for 5 minutes.
- Thoughts will continue the cycle in your brain. Your task is to turn all your attention to the “oxen mind” - this is the part of our mind that can think calmly and slowly. He does not give assessments, does not look for ways out of situations, but simply sees, hears and feels.
- As you become aware of the work of the “cow’s mind,” you will be able to control the “monkey mind.” Do not worry, if over time he will be awake again, this is normal. Nevertheless, you will notice that the “monkey mind” has become much more likely to relax than to make noise and make a fuss.
- When you learn to completely calm the “monkey mind”, you will find that everything around has become different. Suppose a window just seems to you to be a rectangle that lets light into the room. It does not need to be opened, washed or repaired. It just is. Like yourself, there is here and now.
- To achieve this state will require time and regular training.
Meditation helps to think more clearly and become aware of what is happening in life. Especially often, the exercise must be performed when the brain is overloaded to such an extent that it cannot work correctly and harmoniously.