Brain games
Never think your brain stops growing. Anything you've heard of that nature is wrong!
It used to be said cognition was fixed after childhood scientists used to . Poor memory and attention span was supposed to carry from childhood into adulthood!
Now it is thought that with a specific kind of training, you can markedly improve your brain function in problem solving, memory, focus, creative thinking and information processing!
Proper mental exercise can result in the brain reshaping itself. A process called neuroplasticity.
The question is where you can get this type of mental training and stimulation.
Lumosity.com is one of many sources that offer many games and a variety of exercises which work attention span, reaction time, math skills and memory. All critical in writing.
There are a series of game modules taking only about 25 minutes to complete, They change frequently and over time practice becomes perfect.
A few favorite games include:
-Familiar Faces. A simulation of waiting a counter in a busy restaurant and remembering faces to match to orders. additional items add to the complexity.
-Memory retention. objects are associated with numbers and you have to remember the spatial position to re-identify a previous location. helpful in composing prose and paragraphs.
-Bubble rising words. You are given 60 seconds to create words from common stems like pre or dev. The more words you create, the better your vocabulary! Subsequent episodes increase in complexity!
There is little doubt your Brainpower measured as BPI (Brain Profile Index) will get better with time. If you wish, you can investigate and go for some free trials.
I am posting this as a general informational and have no interest in commercially promoting Lumosity..
I want to see writing taken to a master level at Wealthy Affiliate and this is a potential pathway for getting there!
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Thanks, Mike. At my age, I can use all the practice I can get at increasing my brain power!
Thanks so much for sharing. It reminds me of a health documentary I watched last week on BBC TV about the same subject.
Hi! MKearns, Another great post to stress the importance of exercise, which I totally agree to. In fact, I am a strong believer of "Use it or lose it." To guide my patients how to exercise, I wrote an article on How to Exercise in http://formefirst.com/eNewsletter04.html. I just like to share what I know and you are welcome to comment and suggest.... Thanks...
This is interesting. I will be looking into Lumosity. This would probably help for those of us that are getting older and are concerned with diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia also.
Great post! I definitely would benefit from a brain boost. I've been in a slump lately. Thank you!
Training brain is as important as training your body. One of the best ways is learning languages.:)
Oh thanks. Bilingual people are said to have developed two speech centres which I believe is true.:))
Russians have an advantage in learning the Cyrillic alphabet first before you even write one word!
My understanding is you first have to learn to translate our alphabet into the Cyrillic alphabet C=S N=H. R=P etc. and then learn the words!
No!!!
It goes totally separately. No resemblance of alphabets whatsoever.The best teachers now teach like you teach children at schools. They first make learners (especially children) memorise English words orally, then recognise them in written form. English is very much like Chinese- very few rules of reading which work.:))
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Thanks Mike....I've also been reading about (and doing) meditation which can help with your brain too, not to mention help with so many other things too!
Cheers Gina
Thanks for weighing in Gina!. Still interested in that lovely Victorian countryside if you can show it to me. No rush though it's great to hear from you!.
I promise I will, the weather has been bitterly cold this winter and now moving into spring I'll start taking a few snaps!