How to enhance brain activity
How to distinguish a smart man from a fool? To study a general certificate? Or maybe ask to pass one of the many IQ tests: if you score above 120 points, it means you are smart, about 100 - average and below - a complete fool?
A genius in mathematics can not deal with the simplest life situation (it often happens) and a quick-minded is sometimes incapable of performing elementary calculations.
Not a single test can objectively answer the question of human intelligence: most of them can be prepared by learning to solve standard problems. Other factors - education, social or racial origin - also do not give an objective view of the intellectual indicators of a particular subject.
The human brain, enclosed in the skull, has been a great mystery to scientists for a long time. You can argue about assessing a person's reasonableness but there is something all experts are agree: a person is able to develop his brain constantly learning and stimulating certain abilities in the process of work.
We present you 10 ways to improve brain function. With their help you can learn to think faster, absorb a large amount of new information and quickly use it.
BRAIN TRAINING
It can include any form of regular mental activity. Math lovers will prefer to solve algebra and geometry problems. Simpler exercises include numbers and alphabetic rebuses, sudoku or crossword puzzles.
Regular reading, blogging, discussions on interesting topics - all these keep you brain toned. But even in normal everyday life you can come up with many ways to train your mental abilities.
Scientists offer, for example, to make regularly changes in your habits: get up on the other leg, experiment with gait, brush your teeth with the other hand, etc. All these are simple but interesting tasks that contribute to brain activity.
A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY
The correct diet and regular exercises are the key to increasing the life-sustaining activity of the human brain.
Be sure to include in your diet proteins: eggs, fish, lean meat. Vegetables and fruits will provide the necessary amount of vitamins and minerals. Nuts and green tea are recommended for enhancing brain activity by experts.
Physical exercises not only develop and keep muscles and joints toned but also develop coordination which is excellent mental workout especially if you constantly add new elements and techniques.
Physical activity also increases blood pressure, improves blood circulation that means the brain is better provided with glucose and oxygen.
MEDITATION
Various meditation techniques appeared thousands of years ago and since that time have been developing. The world's largest firms recommend meditation to their employees. Science agrees with them: an MRI scan of people practicing meditation has shown that classes change the structure of their brain.
According to experts people with the help of meditation can significantly improve their memory and raise the level of attention. Regardless of what type of meditation you choose one thing is common for all of them: achieving peace with the help of breathing techniques and complete silence. Concentration on measured right breathing helps a person relax, calm down and get the necessary energy boost.
“SMART" BACTERIA
Recently in 2010 experts from The Sage Colleges in the US made an interesting discovery. They found that a common type of Mycobacterium vaccae, put into mice, had a positive effect on their mental abilities. Animals become less aggressive they better find a way out of the maze.
After studying the brain of the mouse the scientists found out that due to the bacterium the level of growth of neurons increased and in the forebrain that is responsible for high thinking, the amount of serotonin increased.
This bacterium can be found in ordinary street mud. Of course do not make dirt part of your diet; To get in touch with the "smart" bacteria you can, for example, when walking through the park or working outdoors in the garden.
SLEEP AND ONCE AGAIN SLEEP
Why a person needs to sleep what happens to him during the night's rest from ancient times scientists and mystics are occupied with this. For a long time experts believed that the brain "turns off" during sleep and resting recharging for a new day. Experiments have shown that the human brain works in a dream but at a minimal level.
In particular, during the rest there is a redistribution of new information its "cataloging by folders". In fact, during a sleep short-term information turns into a long-term one.
Lack of sleep or sleeping difficulty can cause a significant decrease in mental abilities, loss of necessary information and a number of other problems. A long and healthy sleep on the contrary increases strength of the brain, contributes to the concentration of attention.
Scientists recommend sleeping an average from 6 to 8 hours a day, although the sleep regime depends on the individual characteristics of each person's body.
So, we sum up: mental and physical exercises, meditation, outdoor walks, a balanced diet and a healthy sleep. Daily following these principles will allow everyone to improve brain activity and develop their intellectual abilities.
COFFEE
Norepinephrine and dopamine are important mediators for maintaining concentration and good tone. Their production can stimulate the correct intake of caffeine.
Enough one or two cups of an aromatic drink a day - coffee in large quantities is harmful to health, it causes over excitation, as a result the ability to think normally can be disturbed . Arrhythmia, tremor, headache, anxiety, sleep disturbances - these are the side effects that await coffee lovers who take more than four cups a day.
INTUITION TRAINING
In addition to direct benefit targeted intuition training can activate a special part of the brain behind the right ear. For example, when talking you can do the following mental exercise: try to predict what the interlocutor wants to say, to watch train of his thoughts with facial gesture, etc.
STUDYING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Scientists have proved that people who speak several languages can quickly and efficiently switch from one task to another. In addition, regular memorization of foreign words is an excellent memory training.
There is a great number of ways to learn a language independently. You can, for example, start watching cartoons in a foreign language, first with subtitles, and then without.
Do not worry if at first everything is not clear. The content of dialogues can be easily guessed by the context and the language constructs contained therein are repeated countless times; Soon they will become familiar to you. Then you can switch to serials and films.
NEW HOBBY
Learning new unfamiliar activities is an excellent charging for the brain. It is better to choose a hobby that requires physical activity and increased coordination.
For example, juggling is considered a great charge for the brain. Women usually prefer knitting as a new hobby and men - fishing, hunting and gardening.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Western psychologists recommend to accustom children since childhood to classical music, especially to Mozart. Properly selected music can give a good impulse to the creative activity of our brain.
In 1995 psychologists set up an interesting experiment in rats: 30 rats were made to listen to Sonata by Mozart for two pianos every day for two months.
After 60 days they did test tasks much faster and more correctly than the other group of rodents who spent the same period of time in silence and peace.
