Mentalrobics®
Stay mentally fit with these daily brain exercises. You will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. Pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired to enhance your mental capacity. Try to do some Mentalrobics every single day!
Daily exercises and tips for improving memory, creativity, vocabulary and stress management.
When you are trying to memorize something, flash cards can be a very effective way to improve your memory.
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Left and Right Brain
The brain is made up of a left hemisphere and a right hemisphere, which are connected in the middle by a bundle of nerves called the corpus callosum. Each side of the brain controls the opposite side of your body. When your left hand moves, it's the right side of your brain that is telling it to do so, and vice versa. Each side also processes information in different ways; the left side tends to be the rational side and the right side tends to be more intuitive or artistic. People are often dominant in one side or the other. Since the thinking process is improved when both hemispheres participate, strengthening your less dominant side is a good idea. If you are right-brained, you might try some logic brain teasers and if you are left-brained, you might try some of our Mentalrobics exercises for creativity.
Some additional characteristics of each hemisphere:
Left Hemisphere Handles verbal tasks (reading, writing, talking) Solves problems logically Looks at differences Prefers multiple choice tests Likes to plan and structure information Prefers analytical tasks | Right Hemisphere Looks for patterns or similarities Is fluid and spontaneous Acts upon hunches or guesses Handles visual tasks (like drawing) Prefers open-ended questions Synthesizes ideas Handles aesthetic appreciation |
Word of the Day : Indurate
in-du-rate
verb :: To make hard.
"I can't plant anything there because the soil has been indurated by all the foot traffic."
Priming
Here is another technique for remembering people's names.
If you know that you are about to go into a situation where you may need to remember people's names, you can use a technique called "priming." To do this, you will need a list of the people who you might encounter. If you are going to a high school reunion, you could flip through your yearbook. If you are going to a company party, you could scan through the company directory. Studies show that if you have "primed" your memory with all the potential names, you will be much more likely to recall a particular name when you encounter that person at the event.
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