Cognitive abilities deteriorate with age; in addition, the brain does not have enough loads to function at the proper level, which for most people disappear along with the need to learn something new every day, as, for example, at school or college.
Memory deterioration – a negative and very common process, which is also due to the advent of the Internet, the ability to instantly search for the necessary information and save it on the desktop or in bookmarks – thus, there is no urgent need to memorize information. Neurobics will help improve memory and other brain functions.
Neurobics – Ridiculously simple and incredibly effective
The ridiculously simple training program, which the creator Dr. Katz (USA) dubbed neurobics, is based on the results of the latest research in neuroscience conducted around the world.
The scientific basis for neuroscience lies in the ability of the brain to produce natural growth factors – neurotrophins that help counteract the effects of age-related aging on the mind. Neurobics exercise uses the five physical senses and the emotional senses to combat the daily routine.
The advantage of neurobics exercises is their simplicity and the ability to perform anywhere. Next we'll look at:
- why neurobics exercises are good for the brain;
- examples of neuroscience exercises.
Neurobics exercises – feast for the brain
What happens to the brain when you do something unusual? New or underutilized neural pathways are activated, nerve connections are activated. As a result, neurobic exercises allow you to activate the production of natural "fertilizer"; for nerve cells, which strengthens nerve connections and helps "receivers" Your nerve cells (dendrites) stay strong and healthy.
The brain trained in this way will be in shape to perform tasks such as remembering information, learning new skills, and thinking creatively.
Neurobics exercises for the brain for every day
The following are a few neurobics exercises that Dr. Katz suggests doing every day.
- Play Guess the Tune. There are several options for doing this neurobics exercise: you can do it yourself, or you can turn it into an exciting fun for the whole family. Just download a whole bunch of music from the Internet (you can without words), throw it into the player and turn it on for random playback, try to guess the song as quickly as possible. Dr. Katz also recommends recording various sounds from the street, work, home and guessing them like songs.
- Wake up and… smell. Experiment with scents in the morning – put a closed bottle of essential oil in the evening and open it in the morning by the sound of the alarm clock – breathe in the aroma of the day and then let it accompany you throughout your entire time of getting ready for work.
- Turn the world over. When it comes to processing visual information, the brain seems to be divided into two parts: the analytical, verbal (left) hemisphere tries to name an object after a cursory glance at it. The right hemisphere uses spatial relationships and non-verbal cues. So when you look at a calendar hanging upside down, i.e. normally, after a cursory glance at it, the left hemisphere takes your attention in another direction. Turning the calendar over will awaken your creative right brain, which will help you solve the puzzle and pay attention to the details of the flipped image.
- Dress blindly. Try to find the clothes you need in the closet by closing your eyes and completely trusting your feelings, studying the textures of the fabrics. At the same time, you can touch things not only with your hands, but also with your cheek, lips and even feet. This neuroscience exercise will help develop the part of the brain responsible for touch.
- Open the lock blindly. As a rule, we use motor memory – a kind of subconscious map embedded in the areas of the brain that control our movements, associated with vision, – proprioceptive feeling. By trying to get the key into the door without visual cues, we activate the rarely used neural connections between touch and the proprioceptive sense.
If you wish, you can create your own neurobics exercises – do the most unusual things for you every day, use your feelings – try walking around the apartment with your eyes closed, writing and/or brushing your teeth with different hands – the field for activity is not limited!
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