Best ways to train your brain
1. Improve your memory
We’ve become so reliant on setting reminders and storing information in our phones that we are relying less on our ability to memorise. Memory activities that engage all levels of brain operation, remembering, receiving and thinking, can help to improve the function of the brain. Try to memorise the phone numbers of five of your friends or try to remember all the items in your fridge, and recite them back to yourself in order.
2. Exercise
Physical exercise can help to train your brain in ways that protect memory and thinking skills. Researchers have found that regular aerobic exercise can boost the size of the hippocampus, which is the area of the brain involved in verbal memory and learning. So, try and get your heart rate and sweat glands pumping regularly!
3. Try something new, repeatedly
When you do something new over and over again, the brain adapts to enable you to do this action better and faster. Think back to when you first learnt to ride a bike or played the piano. You might have taken a few knocks or gave the neighbours a headache at first, but after time you could ride a bike without falling off and eventually could play a full song on the piano by reading the notes. How did that happen? Repetition. So, if you are someone that procrastinates, for example, your aim is to teach your brain not to be passive. Start that new fitness regime or organise the wardrobe you’ve been putting off for months. These small steps will help you become an action-taker.
4. Diet
Have you ever heard of the saying, you are what you eat? Well, food fuels not only the body, but also the brain. Highly nutritious food such as walnuts, fish rich in fatty acids , such as tuna and salmon, have been shown to help improve neuron function. Check out these foods to help boost your brain power here.
5. Mix it up
We all find comfort in sticking to our usual routines, but we aren’t challenging our brains by doing so. Trying new things actually increases your creative capacity, as it forces your brain to adapt and handle new circumstances and develop new skills. In other words, you are effectively training your brain to creatively problem solve every time you try something new.
6. Read
Readers can process visual information more efficiently, developing imagination and creativity skills. In addition, people who read often are able to visualise the future better for decision-making and planning. It improves every aspect of a person’s communication skills.
7. Write with your hand
In this day and age, there’s rarely a need to use a pen. We’re so familiar with typing on a keyboard it’s become second-nature. Writing by hand is known to increase memory and retention. The act of putting pen to paper activates areas of the brain that help students increase their comprehension. It involves more senses and motor neurons than when typing on a keyboard. Those are just some of the best ways to train your brain!
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