Memory and attention training: non-obvious tricks

Now the human brain begins to age quite early. Mental Peak — 27 years old. After this age, it is important to train and nourish him regularly. If you think that training memory and attention — this is a set of boring exercises, then you are mistaken. It is not necessary to allocate a special half hour for a warm-up for the mind. You can train your brain on the go. The editors of estet-portal.com will tell you about non-obvious and elementary ways to increase your concentration, attention and memory.

• Memory and training of attention in life on the street
• Physical tasks for memory training
• 3 myths about training memory and attention

Memory and training of attention at life on the street

• Japanese scientists came to the conclusion that mental counting is the best way to train memory. On the road work you can memorize the license plates of the cars, and then sum each digit or add the numbers from the number in pairs.

• At the supermarket, try not to use a calculator.Memorize the food prices and add up. In addition to training your memory, this will help you not to overpay for all purchases. Knowing the approximate amount of purchases, you immediately calculate that the cashier punched the goods twice or at a different price.

• When leaving the house, set a simple goal for yourself. For example, pay attention to  objects only in yellow. In parallel, count how many yellow umbrellas, T-shirts or cars you noticed. This simple exercise develops attention. You will also learn how to select and retain information.

• In any conversation, try to remember the details of the appearance of the interlocutor: what what he wears, what color his eyes are if there are decorations. After the conversation, replay the conversation in your head in detail. Remember the face and moles of the interlocutor, what he said and with what intonation. At first it may seem that you load your brain with unnecessary information, but in fact you learn to be concentrated and attentive.

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Physical tasks for memory training

The brain consists of two hemispheres — left and right. For a good memory, the active work of both is important. If you are right-handed, then you have a more developed left hemisphere. Do small household chores with your left hand: turn on the light, comb your hair, hold a cup, eat. This will activate your right brain, and it will begin to create more neural connections that will help you remember information. For left-handers, everything works the other way around — you need to use your right hand.

• If you do exercises in mornings, then 

  choose exercises that use opposite limbs. For example, you need to touch your right knee with your left elbow or, in a prone position, simultaneously raise your right arm and left leg.

• Healthy circulation affects brain function. If you have problems with the cervical spine, then the brain does not receive enough oxygen from the blood. This means that it affects the quality of memory and attention. Therefore, pay enough attention to the warm-up of the cervical-shoulder region.

In general, physical training has a positive effect not only on brain function, but and on general well-being. It is difficult to be attentive and concentrated if you are distracted by pain and discomfort in the back, shoulders or other organs.

3 myths about training memory and attention

1. Crosswords. Many people think that crosswords help to train memory and attention in people of retirement age. If your grandfather has just started doing crossword puzzles, then it will do him good. But if he already has the name of the deepest lake in his head and which emperor was born on August 15, 1769 then solving crossword puzzles has become a skill. Automatic skills are absolutely useless when training the brain and memory.

2. Blocking the Feelings. It is often advised to block the feelings — for example, eating with your eyes closed. Unfortunately, this will not do anything, because the brain will not produce new neural connections. Redirecting attention, as in  — — not its development.

3. Pills. Medications will not help develop memory and attention — they will only improve blood circulation and  metabolism in  cells. To make them better, they need to be constantly trained

You will become more attentive and focused if you regularly train your brain with more than just special exercises, reading and memorization. Incorporate mental arithmetic and exercise into habits, and you will never have to write shopping lists   —  — you will remember everything.

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