| Some brain exercises can be as simple as
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| | example. To be architects, we would want
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| an intelligent conversation or reading
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| | to improve that. This can be done by
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| something new. Others can be more
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| | concentrating on scenes in one's mind.
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| involved, like doing crossword puzzles or
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| | Imagine walking through your home, for
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| solving lateral thinking puzzles. Here
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| | example, and repeat the process until you
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| are some general brain exercises you can
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| | can easily "see" everything in each room.
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| do anywhere, followed by a few ideas for
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| | For better concentration, practice
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| exercising specific areas of brain
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| | identifying "mind" irritations. Anything
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| function.
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| | that's going on just below the surface is
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| Some Simple Brain Exercises
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| | sapping your ability to concentrate.
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| An entertaining brain exercise is to
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| | Become aware of these things, and you can
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| invent things in your mind. You can use
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| | put them on a list or otherwise dismiss
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| many techniques for doing this. It can be
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| | them. More formal meditation practices
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| as simple as looking at things and asking
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| | can help with this, but simple
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| "How could this be better?" Consider a
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| | mindfulness exercises may be enough to
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| clock, for example, and you might wonder
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| | let your natural powers of concentration
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| if it would be better if you didn't have
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| | function.
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| to look at it. Maybe a clock that
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| | Simple brain exercises to strengthen your
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| periodically announced the time and even
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| | memory can be the repetitive use of any
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| reminded you of appointments might be
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| | memory techniques. For example, mentally
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| useful.
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| | placing a list of items to be remembered
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| Other brain exercises involve puzzle
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| | at predetermined locations in your house,
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| solving. These can range from crossword
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| | and seeing them there in an unusual way
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| puzzles to difficult lateral thinking
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| | (think cucumbers dancing in the
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| puzzles, but a simpler, fun version of
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| | microwave), is one such technique. Just
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| the latter, is the basic riddle. For
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| | imagining where you'll see a person next,
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| example, "Why wasn't Bertha put in jail
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| | and calling to them by name in your
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| after killing dozens of people?" Because
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| | imagination is a good way to remember
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| she was a hurricane. Whether riddles are
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| | names.
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| easy or difficult, they get your mind
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| | Get a little wild to develop your
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| thinking in new directions, and this is
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| | creativity. See things and imagine
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| good for getting your mind out of it's
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| | something absurd, like flying lights. For
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| "ruts.".
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| | more than just an exercise in
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| Inventing jokes is one of the more
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| | imagination, though, you have to create
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| difficult brain exercises, especially if
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| | some sense of the image. For this
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| you haven't done it before. Just take a
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| | example, I'm thinking there might be a
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| topic or a word at random, and find a way
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| | market for little lights on helium
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| to make a joke with it. The word
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| | balloons. With a more or less neutral
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| "Justice," for example, could become
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| | buoyancy for the balloons, a party could
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| "What's the one place in the world you
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| | be full of colorful, floating, moving
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| can find justice?" In the dictionary! If
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| | lights.
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| you draw a blank after five or ten
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| | Recent research makes it clear that
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| minutes, move on to the next word or
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| | exercising your brain makes it work
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| topic.
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| | better. A more active brain has even been
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| Brain Exercises For Specific Areas
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| | shown to postpone or reduce the incidence
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| You may want to work on a particular area
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| | of age-related decline of mental
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| of your brainpower. Some of us have
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| | function. So why not start today with
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| trouble with visual imagination, for
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| | some simple brain exercises?
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