The intellectual abilities of a person are the cognitive abilities of a person, a person is very inquisitive by nature, he always strives for something new, he develops himself throughout his life. The intellectual abilities of a person include: development, thinking, logic, memory, imagination, attention.

The effectiveness of the development of memory and attention

Many people are born with a good memory and the ability to focus on small things. If you are not lazy and train your memory and attention, you can achieve great success in life. Some people need to work well on themselves, on their memory and concentration of attention, in order to achieve at least something in life.

To increase the productivity of memory and attention you need to:

Concentrate on one thing. If you are listening to a lecture or sitting at a meeting, do not correspond with someone on the phone, listen carefully to the person who is speaking in front of you. It is necessary to listen to him as carefully as possible and not be distracted by trifles. In the evening, be sure to remember today's lecture and try to restore it in your memory to the smallest detail.

Proper nutrition for the brain is very important. Do not eat fast foods and snacks on the run - this is harmful to both the brain and your body. The following foods should be present in proper nutrition: vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, nuts, dairy products and greens.

Don't overload your brain. If you feel tired, let your body rest, a tired brain does not perceive new information well.

Never overload your brain with unnecessary, unnecessary information. Only upload useful and really important information.

Be sure to have walks in the fresh air, this is also very important for the proper functioning of your brain. The brain needs to get oxygen. It is good if your walks in the fresh air are active. You can do different sports or just have an active rest.

Memory and attention training

Do not be afraid of the word training is not a gym, although it also does not stop you from dropping in there sometimes. In people who play sports and lead an active lifestyle, the brain works 15% better than in a person who leads a passive lifestyle. So, memory training should be done by everyone, without exception, even the laziest people.

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Simple daily exercises

Let's start with the simplest, you need to go to the grocery store. Do not take a cheat sheet with a list of goods with you, write it down and try to remember what you wrote, then go to the store. If the situation is completely hopeless, then take your grocery list with you, but try not to get it out of your bag. Buy as a keepsake, and at the very end, take it out and check if you bought everything or not.

When you talk with employees, with a neighbor on the landing, with a girlfriend or friend, try to remember as much as possible: eye color, clothes, some small things were done on clothes or on a person. Listen carefully to what they say to you, delve into every detail. After the conversation, try to remember everything to the smallest detail and scroll through it again in your head. So you can train auditory and visual memory.

Train yourself to read, it can be any time during your lunch break or before bed. You can read one to five pages at first, and gradually try to reach at least ten or twenty pages. Read carefully. After you read it, try to retell it in as much detail as possible. If there is no time to retell what you have read, then you can do this while you are eating at home or going to the store.

Exercises for the development of memory and attention

On the way to work or to the store, you can remember the numbers of houses or the numbers of cars that pass by. This is good for memory training.

Try to remember the price tags in the store for the items you buy. Having memorized the prices, you can compare them with the prices of another store.

If you are preparing a new dish, try to remember it according to the new recipe. You can try to write it from memory, on paper and then check it with the original recipe.

Learn a poem by heart, please your loved one or loved one with it. Learn the words to a new song. On the way to work or to the store, you can hum a new song to yourself.

If you are on foot, try changing your route and taking a different road. Watch carefully what new and interesting things you saw while walking, perhaps beautiful houses and unusual signs on shops, maybe beautiful flowers or fluffy blue Christmas trees. When you get home, remember your new route and go over it again in your head. What do you remember about him? What are your impressions of this route? What new did you see?

Attention Development Exercises

Exercise 1

Let's start with a simple exercise. Look at the following picture for one minute. Then close this picture and try to draw these shapes in the same arrangement on the paper.

If you find it difficult to remember all the details, do not be discouraged, take only the top part of the picture and try to remember it. Then look at the bottom of the picture and try to draw the details of the bottom picture on paper.

After you draw the details on paper, try to compare with the picture. What did you get? On the bottom part, try to draw the top part of the picture from memory. If there are mistakes, try to repeat the exercise.

Exercise 2

Look carefully at the picture, ten numbers are drawn here, a word is written under each number. Look carefully at the picture for one minute, then close this picture and try to write all the numbers on paper and write a word under each number.

What did you get? If there are a lot of mistakes, try to remember only the top line from zero to four, then from five to nine.

Compare what you wrote with the picture, if there are mistakes, repeat the exercise.

Exercise 3

Look at the next picture, it shows a clock. Look carefully which numbers are drawn on it more, less, what dashes on the numbers. Look at the picture for one minute, then close the picture and try to draw a clock on paper.

What did you get? If you failed to remember and draw everything completely, divide the clock in half and remember half. Then try to remember the other half and draw it on paper. Repeat if necessary.

Exercise 4

Look at the following picture, the colors are written on it, but they are highlighted in a different color. Look at the picture carefully for one minute and try to remember the words.

To begin with, you can remember only three lines. Try to memorize the first three lines, close the words and write from memory. You should also write with colored pens or colored pencils.

What did you get? If you wrote everything correctly, try to write all the words together.

Games and exercises for the development of children

Exercise 1

Look at the next exercise, the numbers are written here in two different colors. Look closely at these numbers for one minute and try to remember them.

Close these numbers and try to write everything that you remember on paper. Check yourself, if there are a lot of mistakes, try to remember the first two lines and then write them.

Then try to remember and write the second two lines. If everything is correct, you can practice and write all four lines.

Try to remember the last two lines and write them, and then remember the two lines in the middle and write them too. Do not forget that some numbers are written in red.

Exercise 2

In this exercise, samples of patterns are given, they must be remembered, and continue in the same way as in the example.

First, try to complete the task under the number one.

Remember the pattern under the number one, close the sample and continue to remember to connect the circles according to the sample.

Now look at the sample drawing under the number two. Close the sample and connect the triangles as a keepsake.

After completing the task under the number two, proceed to the task under the number three. Here you need to remember in what order the squares are connected. After you remember, close the picture and try to connect the squares in the same way.

Exercise 3

Look carefully at the following picture for one minute. Various objects are drawn here, remember them.

Close the picture and write on paper what you remember. Items must be written or drawn in the same order as in the picture.

If it is difficult for you to remember so many items the first time, then you can remember and write half of these items only in order.

Then memorize and write the other half of these items.

Now try to remember completely all the items in order and write them in the same order.

Exercise 4

Look at the following picture, the colors are written on it, they are all highlighted in one color. Look at the picture carefully for one minute and try to remember the words.

Close the picture and try to write everything that you remember on paper.

What did you get?

If you managed to remember a little, do not be discouraged, take the first two columns and try to remember them. Then memorize the last column and try to write all three columns together.

Exercise 5

Consider carefully the following picture, it shows animals, mammals, fish, and so on. Try to memorize all the pictures within one minute.

Now write on paper in order everything that you remember. If you do not remember everything or in the wrong order, repeat the exercise.

Then try to remember in a different order, for example from the last picture to the first. Write down everything you remember. Repeat if necessary.

Exercises for the development of speech

Exercise 1

For children from birth to two years. Tongue exercise.

The cow gives milk: "Moo-oo, moo-oo."

The wasp flies: "Z-z-z, z-z-z."

The bell rings: "Ding, ding, ding."

The bumblebee is buzzing: "W-w-w, w-w-w."

The bird sings: "Trel-l, trill-l."

The wind is blowing: "Whoo, woo."

A hedgehog runs: “Ph-ph-ph, ph-ph-ph.”

Exercise 2

Charging for the tongue. For children from one and a half years. Sit your child in front of you so that he can see your face well. Show the following movements, then let the child try to do it on his own, you can do this exercise together:

Open mouth.

Run the tip of your tongue over your upper teeth.

Pass several times between the upper and lower teeth.

Stick your tongue out, then hide it back.

Run your tongue over your lips as if you were licking your lips.

Rotate the tongue to the right, then rotate it to the left.

Lower the tongue down, then lift it up.

Hide your tongue in your mouth.

The child sees you in a mirror image, so the left side will be to the right, and the right side will be to the left.

Exercise 3

Play a game with your child: “Who came to us?”. Look at the picture with your child and say, the cat came to visit us, how the cat talks:

"Meow meow meow meow". Ask the child to repeat: "Meow-meow, meow-meow."

Now look at another picture, a cow is drawn here. Who is mooing? The cow mooing: "Moo-oo, moo-oo."

Ask the child to repeat: “Moo-oo, moo-oo.” Then look at the following pictures with the child, the child himself must remember the sounds that animals make. If he does not know or does not remember these sounds, then you need to teach him these sounds.

What sound does the dog make?

How does the bird sing?

What sound does a hedgehog make when it runs?

What sound does a wasp make when it flies?

Repeat the exercise several times, you can look at the pictures in different ways.

Exercise 4

This exercise or game is called: "Recognize by the sound." In this game, you can use different items: a spoon, a ball, paper, a book, a drum, a typewriter, and so on. You turn the child away and make some kind of sound, for example:

drop the spoon on the floor;

play the ball on the floor;

wrinkle or tear paper;

flipping through a book;

play the drum;

ride the car.

The child guesses what it is. Praise your child for the correct answer. If the child does not understand what the sound is, do not scold him, repeat it again.

Exercise 5

In this exercise, we develop speech breathing. We will teach the child to pronounce the sounds correctly: “S”, “Z”, “Zh”, “Sh”, “R”. To begin with, in order to teach the child to pronounce these sounds correctly, you need to take a deep breath. This exercise helps with stuttering and with swallowing or eating sounds and words.

In the summer, you can take a "dandelion" to help with this exercise. There are a lot of dandelions outside in summer. Let the child learn to blow on a dandelion, he will blow it off in three or five times, while he needs to take a deep breath.

In winter, snowflakes can be used for this exercise.

At home, you can make yourself, for example, a butterfly and hang it on a thread. Let the child blow on it.

Exercise 6

To make your child speak well, give him different toys and things: soft, rough, smooth, cold, hard. Give him paper, let him tear it or remember it all for the development of the child. You can give kitchen utensils, rags, soft clay and so on. Develop your child's hands, your baby will develop with them.

Exercises for child development

Exercise 1 - Say what you see

Talk to your child constantly, the more he listens to you, the more he will concentrate on what you are talking about. On the street, show him what colorful leaves, what a tall house, what a big hill, what little birds. The child is interested in all this and develops it.

Then you can take one thing, such as a green leaf from a tree, and examine it carefully. What leaf, from what tree, what color is the leaf, what size, and so on.

Exercise two - do and tell

Teach your child to pay attention to any simple activity, such as drawing. Explain to the child aloud what he should do, correct him, pronounce every movement of the child. Communicate more with the child and comment aloud on his actions.

Teach your child to follow each step in sequence. Gradually, the child will learn to do everything consistently on his own.

The third exercise - find the object

For the development of attention, the game is well suited, find the object. Look at some object in the room, for example, a pyramid, describe it to the child so that he understands what you are describing and says what it is. For example, this item is tall, it has many details, describe their color and size, and so on.

Fourth exercise look at each other

Exercise: look at each other develops the child's attention well, it is very simple, interesting and fun. Your child will enjoy playing this game.

Let the child look at you carefully for a few seconds. Then he turns away and tells you everything he can remember about you. For example, hair color, description of the face, what you are wearing, what color and so on. If the child could not tell much, do not scold him, play this game again. By studying you, the second time the child will be more attentive than the first time.

This game can even be played in reverse, look at your child, look away and describe what you remember. Your child will draw conclusions from what you said and what he missed. You can speak these conclusions, delving into the details together.

Fifth exercise - bother me

An interesting exercise disturb me. Here you can play three together father, mother and child. The role of dad is to ask different questions to the child, for example, what color is the cube, does the car have wheels, where is the ball, what is your name and so on. The child must answer questions quickly.

The role of the mother is to distract the child when he is answering questions. If your child was able to answer questions and was not distracted, reward him. Next time he will try even better.

Two people can play this game, for example, a child recites a poem or retells a fairy tale, and you distract him.

Exercise #6 - Be Mindful

Recently, very often in children's books they offer exercises for the development of memory.

For example, a picture is drawn, the child looks and remembers what is shown on it. After two or three minutes, the book closes, and the child must tell what he remembered. This is a simple task, but it trains memory well.

For adults, you can also use this exercise only in a more complex form.

For example, you have a carpet on the floor in your room. Consider carefully the pattern that is depicted on the carpet and memorize it. You can watch for two or three minutes. Then look away from the carpet and try to tell what you remember. Next time you can look at some painting or sculpture and talk about it. Each next lesson you should reduce the memorization time

Seventh exercise - try to remember

There are many ways to develop observation, attention and visual memory. Let's consider one of them.

For example, let's take five different items for children. It can be a pencil, pen, colored eraser, ball, jump rope. Let the children examine all these items, then put them in a dark bag. The children must take turns telling what they remember.

Adults can also use this exercise.

For example, let's take more, seven or ten items. It can be a spoon, a mug, a cup holder, a medal, a beautiful stone, and so on. All these items should be carefully examined for two or three minutes. Then put in a dark bag and try to tell what you remember.

With each subsequent lesson, the memorization time must be reduced. Similarly, you can develop your memory in everyday life. For example, look at the prices in a store and try to remember them. Try to remember and compare prices for the same product in different stores.

Eighth exercise - develop imagination

This is an exercise to develop your imagination. Look at what surrounds you at home and try to come up with a funny story. Children can easily cope with this exercise, because they are great inventors.

For example, a koshak settled in our house - koshakych. He likes to sleep on the sofa - divanyche. One day he dozed off and a snorer appeared - a snorer. And so on, you can continue this story, or you can come up with your own. Don't be afraid to dream up whatever you want.

Ninth exercise - focus

Put a clock in front of the TV when an interesting cartoon or fairy tale is on. Put the child in front of the TV, now for two minutes the child should look at the second hand without turning his gaze to the TV screen.

Tenth exercise - quickly give an answer

This exercise is done in pairs. Play this game with your child. You should ask questions to the child on any topic and of varying complexity. The child must answer clearly and quickly.

For example:

The most prickly flower? (Cactus)

How many oceans are there in the world? (Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian.

How many ears does a rabbit have? (Two)

Permissive traffic light color? (Green)

Which flower has seven colors? (Flower - seven flower)

6 more useful exercises for the development of the child

Development of creative abilities and innovative thinking. If you are right-handed, try doing everything with your left hand: eating, writing, brushing your teeth, typing on a computer keyboard, buttoning up buttons, and so on. If you are left-handed, then try to do everything with your right hand.

Develop new abilities and experience new sensations. Close your eyes and walk around the apartment, eat, take a shower, listen to TV and so on. Try, without looking at the coin, but only by touching it with your hands to determine what value this coin is. You can try to communicate with relatives with gestures all day long. Why do this? The new sensory areas of the brain do not work very well in humans, and this exercise is used to stir them up.

Try to change your usual image. Change your clothes, change your hairstyle, dye your hair. When a person changes something in his appearance, he begins to feel himself in a new way, and inside him everything develops unusually, mysteriously. The way of thinking begins to change.

Let a new wave into your life, visit museums and exhibitions, travel, spend your vacation every time in different places, go to work and go to the store in different ways. Spatial memory develops.

Change the interior of your home at least twice a year. Cook new dishes, buy new perfumes.

Read interesting stories, learn poetry, memorize jokes.

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Conclusion

Develop yourself and develop your children. Do the exercises and let your attention and memory always help you. We wish you success.

The ability to concentrate on small details, navigate the flow of information, instantly respond to changing situations and quickly make effective decisions are important skills that help businessmen achieve their goals. And in order to develop such business qualities in yourself and pump your mind, you need to regularly do special exercises for the brain, the so-called fitness for the head!

In the same way that muscles atrophy without exercise, the human brain weakens without various mental activities. Conversely, the more you train it, the more neural connections are formed in it, and the higher the activity of the brain, the more oxygenated blood enters it. And on this, in fact, the intellectual health of a person depends.

In order for the brain to function effectively, it is important to specifically activate the growth of neural connections through new experiences. During the period of study at school, university, the amount of new information made it possible to steadily train the brain. But for an adult, whose life and work is dominated by routine processes, in order to keep the intellect in good shape, one has to resort to stimulation.
with the help of special exercises for brain development. Therefore, it is so important to learn how to solve typical problems using non-standard methods.

Improving memory and brain function: the best exercises

To begin with, it is important to note that in order to properly pump the brain and develop the flexibility of the mind, it is important to pay attention to nutrition, habits and lifestyle in general. Fresh air, healthy sleep, physical activity and healthy food have not yet been canceled. Therefore, in order to achieve the desired result, it is necessary first of all to pay attention to these important factors.

Effective brain training is exercises that are aimed at developing memory, attentiveness, as well as separately the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

The main specialization of the left hemisphere is logical thinking. It is also responsible for such important abilities:

• language and speech;
• logic, analysis;
• literal understanding of words;
• mathematical ability;
• sequential information processing.

Also, the left hemisphere controls the movements of the right side of the body, and the right - for the left side.

In turn, the right hemisphere is responsible for intuition and creativity, and also performs the following functions:

• processing of non-verbal information;
• orientation in space;
• musicality;
• recognition of metaphorical meanings;
• imagination, artistic abilities;
• emotions;
• parallel processing of information;
• face recognition.

So, how to develop the right hemisphere of the brain? These exercises will help you increase your intuition and creativity.

Mirror drawing

Take a large sheet of paper and a pencil in each hand. Start drawing the same shapes at the same time with your right and left hand. At first it can be circles, loops, squares. Over time, the task needs to be complicated - to depict full-fledged pictures with both hands.

Restoring Reality to the Imagination

The key point in the development of the right hemisphere of the brain is visualization exercises. It is important to connect the imagination, visual, auditory and olfactory memory. First, get rid of extraneous irritants and close your eyes. Think of a person you know well: facial features, hair and eye color. After you create in the imagination of his face, try to recall the sound of his voice and the smell of perfume from memory. Work out the image in as much detail as possible.

When you learn how to restore images of people, you need to move on, creating a whole parallel reality in fantasy. Such a set of exercises greatly develops creativity, creative vision, and imagination.

random words

The essence of the exercise is to choose a few completely random words and connect them with a story. At first, it will be difficult for you, and to connect these words, you will need a couple of long sentences. But in the course of training, you will be able to connect seemingly unrelated words with just a couple of phrases.

In addition, creative thinking can be developed by drawing a mandala. The intricate pattern of all the colors of the rainbow perfectly calms the nerves, concentrates attention and develops artistic perception.

Speaking of training the left hemisphere of the brain, first of all, we mean solving mathematical problems, crossword puzzles, rebuses, as well as logic games such as chess. It is important to note exactly what
The left hemisphere is dominant in most people. Therefore, it does not make sense to develop it separately. In this case, it is better to apply complex exercises for the brain of an adult.

Neurobics

This is such a charge for the brain with exercises that include all five senses at once. The technique was developed by the American neuroscientist L. Katz. The bottom line is this: all ordinary things need to be done in an unusual way for you. For example:

• move around the house with closed eyes;
• write with your left hand (if you are right-handed);
• change the usual route;
• inhale and savor the aroma of food, flowers, perfumes;
• determine things by touch (for example, the denomination of a coin);
• perform unfamiliar work;
• answer non-standard questions, etc.

Unusual actions, sensations, smells, environment provoke the emergence of new neural connections, which, in turn, helps the development of intellectual abilities.

color words

Useful gymnastics for the brain or mindfulness exercise. It helps to increase the level of concentration, improves attention, develops both hemispheres of the brain.

So, your task is to quickly name the color of the words. At first glance, everything is simple, but try to do it as quickly as possible, and the left hemisphere will immediately begin to concentrate on the words, confusing you. You need to synchronize the work of both hemispheres.

Alphabet

This is an exercise to develop thinking, attention and improve performance. In addition, Alphabet helps to relieve emotional stress and restart the brain.

The work is as follows. Under each letter there is a mark - L, P, V. "L" means that you need to raise your left hand, "P" - right, "B" - both hands. You need to simultaneously pronounce the letter of the alphabet and perform the movement marked under the letter.

The first part of the exercise is to go from A to Z. The second part is from Z to A.

Illogical chain

This exercise is a test for training the brain and memory. Look carefully at the list of words for 90 seconds. A little tip: break the words into pairs and try to connect them with the help of visual associations.

Try to play all the words in order. If you can’t, then write on a piece of paper all the words that you remember. Now let's count: from 15 to 20 words - your memory is well developed. 10-14 words - the average result. Less than 10 - you absolutely do not know how to use memory.

Perform these simple exercises for the brain, and soon you will notice a qualitative improvement in the work of both hemispheres, memory and thinking.

Instead of a conclusion

To train the mind, it is enough to do routine things in unusual ways, perform new actions, read more, play mind games. A great way to develop flexibility of thinking is to study foreign languages ​​and play music. This encourages the brain to actively produce new neural connections, which means to work actively and efficiently.

To systematize classes to improve intellectual health, you can use special online services that offer dozens of different exercises, tasks, tests for the development of thinking.

Write in the comments what useful exercises for the brain do you know? Share with us your experience!

Only a schoolboy is afraid of being considered too smart (what if they start teasing you as a nerd?). Adults understand: there is never too much intelligence.

If there were a magic wand that could instantly improve thinking and pump erudition, it would instantly become a bestseller.

Is it possible to develop intelligence in adulthood?

There is an opinion that it is necessary to “get smarter” in youth: they say, exchanging the third dozen, a person reaches his ceiling; then there is only one task left - to hold on to the occupied positions.

This view was shared even by scientists in the recent past.

Previously, theorists and researchers had argued that intellectual ability peaked around the age of 20, however, it is now clear that this conclusion is based on a misinterpretation of the limited research data available at the time.

Observations that were carried out in the 20th century using the longitudinal method (that is, long-term experiments) showed that after graduating from a university, a person has more than real chances to increase his own intellectual level.

“But what about physiological changes?” Readers will ask. Psychomotor reactions in a young guy are likely to be much faster than those of his grandfather.

The fact is that the efficiency of the mind not limited to biological potential nervous system.

R. Cattell and D. Horn singled out two types of intelligence - "fluid" and "crystallized". Fluid - these are basic abilities that allow you to learn new things (memorization, perception of relationships between objects, etc.). It tends to weaken with age. Crystallized intelligence - the accumulated amount of knowledge and experience - grows over the years and compensates for the declining speed of thinking.

With speed, fortunately, everything is not so primitive either.

A person who constantly practices intellectual skills, processing multifaceted information in different ways, does not become less learnable. He simultaneously manages to maintain clarity of thought and operate with the accumulated baggage of ready-made data.

Great discoveries - especially in the humanities - were made not by 20-year-olds, but by 40-50 or even 70-year-old scientists.

An inspiring example. The famous physiologist I.P. Pavlov died at the age of 86. A year before his death (!) he mentioned in a letter to I.M. Maikov: “Until now, I do not allow changes in the distribution and size of my studies.” Even in the last hours of his life, the academician managed to surprise his colleagues. Already forgetting the words, he excitedly repeated: “Excuse me, but this is the bark, this is the bark, this is the swelling of the cortex!” As it turned out later, the diagnosis was absolutely correct.

Some people think they keep their intelligence working. However, many types of mental work are associated with the performance of the same type of operations, which, moreover, is gradually brought to automatism.

To develop the mind, it is necessary to use intellectual capabilities to the maximum - for example, by doing self-study.

"Intellectual" exercises

I do not want to disappoint readers who opened the page in search of special exercises for the development of intelligence. Such puzzles exist, they are released in whole books.

Here are examples from a popular book Tom Woodjack "Mind Training"(published in 2011).

In the chapter about practice with words Woodjack recommends reading:

• phrases in which the letters are written in reverse order;
• statements written without spaces;
• sentences from a literary text - and then, without looking, repeat them in order from the last word to the first;
• printed text on a flipped sheet.

• “Alphabetical order”: for a while, write down as many words as possible in which the letters coincide with the alphabetic “direction” (beam - “l” comes before “y”, and “y” - before “h”);
• “Through letter”: name the letter and come up with what it should be in a row; quickly recall the maximum number of suitable words (“sh”, the third from the beginning: cat, cup, tails, etc.);
• "Duplets": take two words with the same number of letters and build a chain from one to the other, replacing one of the letters in each link and using only nouns in the nominative case, singular (turn "goat" into "cake": goat - bark - court - cake; try to catch the "fish" in the "net" yourself or turn the "pen" into "ink");
• "Anagrams": make words only by rearranging the letters (it's better to play with ready-made sources - murmur, bug, mouse, carriage, ash, herd).

To develop mathematical abilities, Wujek suggests performing exercises with numbers- pronounce number sequences:

• from 1 to 100 and from 100 to 1;
• increasing or decreasing by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
• with increasing and decreasing in turn - for example, by 2: 2 - 100, 4 - 98, 6 - 96, 8 - 94, etc.

I advise you to look for more games in the book "Develop the intellect: exercises for development, memory, quick wit and intelligence" (K. Philip, Moscow, Astrel, 2003). It is inconvenient to retell fragments from it, since many tasks will be incomprehensible without illustrations.

All this is very exciting and great, but, frankly, I doubt that you will become a giant of thought only due to such exercises. More serious loads are also needed - for example, self-study.

Learn, learn and learn

Take an online math course or just work through a high school math textbook and you'll improve your corresponding thinking much more than when counting from one to a hundred and back. Likewise with other areas of knowledge that matter to you. There will be materials (see), there would be the right attitude.

If you want to become more intelligent in general and improve your memory, learn some language on your own; it really helps. The Scottish scientist Thomas Buck conducted a study using the same longitudinal method that I mentioned at the beginning of the article. Dr. Buck determined the IQ level of a group of people, first in 1947 (the participants in the experiment were 11 years old), then in 2008-2010 (“Learning a second language in adulthood can slow brain aging”, “The Telegraph”, 06/2/2014).

It turned out that by the age of seventy, people who studied any foreign language usually remained in good intellectual shape. One caveat: the effect was noted when knowledge was acquired not for the sake of knowledge, but for active application, and did not lie in memory as a dead weight.

Give preference to the language in which you intend to communicate at least sometimes, read, listen to programs, watch movies.

Here you will find practical tips for self-studying English:

No energy for regular classes? All right, play - in the evenings in doublets and anagrams, and on weekends - in "What? Where? When?" or "Reasonable people". In "Reasonable People" and "CHGK" it is not so much rich erudition that leads to success as flexibility of thinking.

Physical education for the mind

Physical activity, it turns out, is very conducive to intellectual.

A.F. Akhmetshina, N.P. Gerasimov (Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev, Naberezhnye Chelny branch, article "Relationship of physical culture and sports with the development of intelligence", materials of the conference "Modern problems of physical culture and sports: retrospective, reality and future") write, what exercise has an impact for development:

• attention;
• observation;
• speed of thought, etc.

Good health contributes to the improvement of cognitive skills (problems with the blood supply to the brain, which occur with many diseases, greatly complicate thought processes). This time.

Intense movement requires both muscle tension and intellectual effort. This is two.

And what, the more you train, the better? No.

In the article “The influence of physical exercises on the body and intellectual abilities of a person” (E.N. Kurganova, I.V. Panina, Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev, materials “Science-2020”) we read:

An interesting fact has been proven that the connection is established only between intelligence and the general indicator of the physical form of a person. With sports achievements, exhausting workouts, leading to overwork, this is not connected. Mental and cognitive abilities are developed to a greater extent in a person who regularly engages in physical exercises, but does not set himself the goal of achieving high sports results.

The body's resources are limited. Too intense training does not tone up, but exhausts.

How to increase erudition?

Since you have decided to increase the level of intelligence, think at the same time how to develop your horizons. An adult is constantly harassed by business, but if desired, he will be able to set aside half an hour a day for cognitive rest.

Read popular science books and science news. Watch documentaries - it is easy to absorb information from them due to the combination of visual and auditory perception. Do not get hung up on hunting for purely factual information: fresh emotions also teach a person to think more broadly - for example, those that classical music gives (see?)

But - an important tip - grow in areas that are for you interesting and/or useful.

Grabbing everything at once is pointless: to become a real polymath in the 21st century, you have to literally live in books for twenty-four hours a day. And in the end it turns out that Yandex and Google are still an order of magnitude smarter than you.

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A person's age betrays not only his appearance, but the way of reasoning, the state of mind and memory. To keep the brain functioning at the proper level, it is necessary to constantly study and develop something. The simplest thing you can do to train him is to do special exercises. Below are 4 simple "challenges" to maintain a sober mind and maintain a good memory.

brain exercises

Exercise 1 - Colorful Text

Look at the colorful text below. As you can see, it consists of a list of colors, but the words are not true. Your task is to say out loud the color in which the text is written. As soon as you reach the end, the task should be repeated, but already from the end of the list.

At first, this exercise will be difficult. Difficulties arise due to the fact that different hemispheres of the brain are responsible for the perception of text and color.

The benefits of exercise for the mind

Helps form new connections between the hemispheres, improves concentration and attentiveness. In addition, exercise is an effective prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Exercise 2 - Schulte Table

Find the number 19. Concentrate your attention on it for a while. After that, take your eyes off her, and start finding numbers from 1 in ascending order.

To regularly perform this exercise for the development of the mind, it is recommended to draw a table yourself, and put the numbers in any order.

The benefits of exercise for the mind and memory

Increases your speed of perception of incoming information and its processing. It also promotes the development of peripheral vision.

Exercise 3 - Finger Signs

Fold the fingers on the right hand in the sign "peace", on the left - "ok". Your task is to simultaneously change the position of the fingers on both hands. That is, on the right there was "peace" - it became "ok", on the left - there was "ok" - it became "peace". Repeat the exercise 10-15 times.

To alleviate the situation a little, start the exercise slowly, gradually accelerating.

The benefits of exercise for the mind

It includes the simultaneous interaction of the right and left hemispheres, increases the ability to quickly switch from one task to another, and also trains mindfulness.

Exercise 4 - Simultaneous Writing

This exercise is similar in principle to the previous one.

Take 2 sheets of paper and 2 pencils (or 2 pens). Draw different shapes at the same time. You can write words, but so that they are the same in the number of characters.

The benefits of exercise for the mind

Helps to cope with the solution of several tasks at once, stimulates the simultaneous work of the right and left hemispheres.

To get a quick and positive effect, give the presented exercises for the mind and memory 20-30 minutes 2-3 times a day. It is worth executing them until they reach automatic execution. As soon as they began to be given to you with ease, move on to other tasks. We recommend that you read the article and. In addition, you should pay due attention to yours if you want to preserve your memory and a sober mind for many years.

Intelligence is a term whose meaning can be interpreted in different ways. Is the person who calculates the most difficult mathematical examples smart? Or is the mind more developed in someone who has good creativity, verbal skills, etc.? What is this about? How to develop intelligence in an adult and a child?

What is intelligence?

According to experts, intelligence is sanity, the ability to independently resolve situations, the ability to learn new things based on one's own experience, to adapt, to correctly determine the main contexts and relationships (including social ones), through which everyday problems are solved. Intelligence is a mental development, a thinking ability characteristic of humans and animals.

The degree of intelligence is extremely important for life. It is a key success factor in work, relationships, studies, business, as well as in entertainment (chess, sudoku, etc.). The level of development of the mind can be measured using the IQ test (this abbreviation stands for intelligence quotient).

Definition

Speaking of intelligence, one important, relatively new concept cannot be ignored - Howard Gardner's theory of mind types. Gardner defines intelligence as follows: "... it is the ability to solve problems or create products that have some value in one or more cultural environments." Therefore, he emphasizes that the importance of intelligence is always in a broad cultural context, closely related to real life. He divides intelligence into a number of relatively independent aspects:

• language - the ability to use language to convince other people, the ability to use speech to memorize, explain information, the ability to control one's activities, think about oneself;
• musical - the ability to perceive melodies, rhythms, tones;
• logical-mathematical - the area of ​​logic and scientific - research - thinking (from objects to statements, from activity to relationships, from abstraction to specific images);
• spatial - the ability to transform and change initial perceptions, to form new ideas from one's own visual experience (creativity);
• bodily-motor - the ability of mobility, the ability to move smoothly with minimal interruption after processing incoming stimuli (sports, dancing, acting, manual skills);
• personal forms - intrapersonal and interpersonal - a dual formation that arises as a subject of research in 2 psychological areas and in social psychology:
  • intrapersonal form - the most important component is self-awareness, expressed by a culturally conditioned balance within a person, created on the basis of internal feelings, the influence of other people,
  • interpersonal form - the ability to recognize and understand other people, their mood, temperament, motives, intentions; the ability to distinguish them, to work with them.

None of these points can be ignored. This is due to the fact that a certain harmony and integrity can be developed only when a person's personality is harmonized. A balanced and harmonious personality is emotionally stable, sensitive to social processes, receptive to itself.

How does intelligence affect life?

The debate around intelligence quotient (IQ) is often very heated. Everyone wants to have an IQ of 120 (by the way, the maximum among the recorded results is 250-300). But for most people of adult (and even elderly) age, it is about 100. People who have a lower level of intelligence are considered stupid. The public often misunderstands IQ. Did you know that one unnamed but world-famous director with a reputation as a genius in his field achieved an average result on an IQ test? The explanation is simple. In his work, the director uses completely different skills that the test does not take into account. For example, creativity and communication.

Albert Einstein, the greatest genius of mankind, had a mediocre knowledge of the French language. Therefore, a high IQ does not guarantee success or happiness in life. In fact, people with any IQ can be equally successful, so the level of intelligence affects the quality of life less than we tend to think.

How can intelligence be improved?

To increase intelligence and develop memory, remember the rule of three "study". Maximum concentration requires calmness, but also constant mental activity, a desire to explore, consideration of problems, a combination of possible solutions, constant use of your brain.

Remember: intelligence is an innate quality, which, however, develops over the course of life. Contrary to popular belief, preterm babies are no different from full-term babies. It depends on the environment and the attitude of the parents.

Work in a cool environment

For maximum mental action, the temperature in the working room should be 1-3°C lower than that at which you usually sit in front of the TV. Mild discomfort prompts the body to improve performance. The ideal operating temperature varies from person to person, but a range of 17-20°C is generally recommended for men and 19-22°C for women.

oxygen and stress

For the development of intelligence and thinking, a sufficient amount of oxygen is necessary. It has a positive effect on brain activity, therefore, improves thought processes.

Working under moderate stress can increase intelligence better than being completely calm. By overcoming stressful situations, minimizing their negative impact, you can acquire useful skills.

Eat chocolate

Chocolate is a pleasant way to increase the body's resistance, eliminate fatigue. This delicacy is also a way to develop intelligence. Thanks to chocolate, a substance that causes pleasant sensations is released in the body.

Bonus: chocolate improves mood, provides relaxation.

Drink coffee and stimulant drinks

Schedule work at a convenient time

Determine when it is convenient for you to work and when to rest. Compare the amount of work you did per hour under comparable conditions in different parts of the day.

Eat foods that are good for your brain

The diet should be as varied as possible. Supplementing it with brain-healthy food is a good way to train brain activity, and therefore improve intelligence. Such products include:

• broccoli;
• cauliflower;
• walnuts;
• curry;
• celery;
• red meat;
• blueberries.

Motivate yourself, set goals

University of Philadelphia researchers demonstrated motivation in an experiment in which they asked students to take an IQ test. Half of the students were promised financial rewards for the best results. The motivated part of the respondents showed an average of 20 points higher.

Endless social media account checking, creating the perfect profile, constant monitoring of likes significantly reduce the motivation needed to achieve better results (an idealized vision of oneself is so satisfying for a person that he does not want to achieve more difficult goals).

Relax

The ability to focus on solving a problem, eliminating unwanted and distracting influences, is one of the most useful skills in developing intelligence.

There are many publications on relaxation exercise methods. Learn them and start practicing.

Make a cheat sheet

Yes, creating a cheat sheet is a good practical way to develop intelligence in an adult and a teenager (used, for example, during the exam period). By writing it down, you are repeating and learning things, putting them in your memory.

Take IQ tests, read books

There are countless IQ tests on the Internet that will help not only determine, but also increase the level of intelligence. Preparing for tests, finding answers to test questions will increase your mental abilities.

Build a strategy

The first stage, from which the IQ test should begin, includes the consideration of all tasks. Then solve the problems that are best given to you, do not linger on the questions unnecessarily. Don't be afraid to guess the answers sometimes. Control the time, but don't worry about missing the test. IQ tests are designed in such a way that it is usually impossible to fail.

go in for sports

A good way to develop fluid intelligence is regular exercise. Physical activity has a beneficial effect not only on the state of the body, but also on the functionality of the brain. For example, students are encouraged to train in running to improve their learning ability. Physical activity promotes blood flow to the part of the brain responsible for memory and learning, supports the production of new brain cells.

Students at Naperville High School in Chicago start every school day with a run. According to the teachers, with the beginning of the morning training, the results of the exams improved significantly.

Play games

Modern card, logic games develop mental abilities. Games also have a social effect, as it's about fun for the whole family. Forget about crossword puzzles, play scrabble and sudoku. Crossword puzzles improve memory, but "trained" memory only works for the duration of the crossword puzzle. Creative logic games that support the development of intelligence include chess, tic-tac-toe.

Solve puzzles

Regular brain stress over quizzes, puzzles, puzzles will help to achieve a state in which a person is able to maintain a long-term mental load. It improves the performance of the mind and the level of intelligence.

Functional literacy training

Functional literacy is a combination of knowledge and skills that allow a person to navigate the world, understand and not be afraid of it, integrate into society, and communicate with others. Only a functionally literate person can be smart, regardless of IQ score.

Constantly learn

The world is constantly changing, requiring new skills and ways to solve problem situations. For the concept of new technologies, production processes and modern society, human learning should not stop throughout life.

They say that life experience is more important than all professions, and in many ways this statement is true. Thanks to rich experience, an “amateur” can solve problems more easily than a professional without it.

iodine intake

There is a known connection between the lack of iodine in pregnant mothers and the subsequent intellectual problems of their children, which manifest themselves already in the first years of life. Consume broccoli, cherries, chocolate, use iodized salt.

Don't be afraid to say "I don't know"

Sometimes it doesn't hurt to admit that you don't understand something. Don't be afraid to ask, it's better than pretending to understand the problem.

Looking for a company. You can get a lot of valuable advice and information from friends and new acquaintances.

Combine, combine things in context

Combine information from different sources into a mutual context. Intelligence means not only knowing a lot of information, but also the ability to use it at the right time.

Don't be afraid to innovate

Change your desktop icons from time to time, choose a different route to work - changing your usual actions will help you get away from stereotypical thinking.

Sufficient, quality sleep

The need for sleep is individual. Napoleon slept only a few hours a day, someone needs to sleep 9 hours. Try to set aside different times for sleep after an equally stressful day and evaluate how you feel.

Learn to be silent

This proverb is worth its weight in gold. Think before you say anything. If you remain silent, you will be considered an intelligent person, despite the lack of knowledge in a particular area.

Learn to speak and debate. This is important at times when it is impossible to just be silent. It is important to learn how to work with an unknown audience.

Be active

A passive approach will not bring success in life. Therefore, take an interest in the events around you. Intelligence is also defined as an increase in brain activity.

Think creatively

Thanks to creative thinking, a person has the ability to move in several separate areas of knowledge (for example, in the world of technology, technology and trade), to think classically and unconventionally, mutually combining these styles.

Ways to increase the intelligence of children

Is it possible to develop the intellect of a child, or is this property "given from above"? Both possibilities are valid. The basis of a child's mind is genetically predetermined. However, scientific research shows that everything is not completely hopeless. While innate abilities are the "starting point" for developing thinking skills, children's ability to think effectively and logically can be developed.

Logic games

Crosswords, cryptograms, puzzles, checkers, sudoku, chess are ways of entertainment and at the same time a simple method of increasing intelligence. Such games are suitable for elementary and high school students, that is, for almost all age groups. Players must plan, build strategies, solve situations, make decisions.

video games

Of course, we are not talking about mindless "shooters", but about strategy games. With their help, children gain experience, train creativity, look for opportunities, plan, form coalitions, learn group cooperation, develop observation.

As demonstrated by a study conducted at the University of Rochester New York, video game players are able to perceive visual stimuli faster in everyday life.