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Hello! Today we will look at what games for brain training exist. After all, despite your mental abilities, it must always be kept in good shape.
Otherwise, gradually the possibilities will begin to fade away, summing up at the most crucial moment. It’s like with muscles. If once you managed to pump up an excellent press, this does not mean that the stomach will always be tightened and embossed.
Every athlete knows this, so he keeps fit. Yes, the load can be weakened, but, nevertheless, continue. The same is true with thinking, memory, concentration, fantasy, and so on.
Games
Team
Team games are good because they arouse interest, teach you how to compete, win and even lose with dignity. This is in addition to the development of memory, attention, thinking and so on. Checkers, chess, backgammon, dominoes, cards and even Tetris are perfect for such purposes.
- Poker. Helps to improve analytical skills, and hone acting skills. After all, not everyone can “bluff” so convincingly that opponents do not even guess how powerful a person’s cards are, that he is ready to take such risks.
- «Uno». The bottom line is to get rid of your cards as quickly as possible, which differ in color and value. The one who came out first gets the points of the others. Therefore, the sooner it is done, the better. The number of participants is from 2 to 10. «Uno» can be taken with you on the road and have fun, and most importantly, it is useful to spend time even in transport, on the beach and at the airport.
- Scrabble. It is necessary to make words from the proposed set of letters.
- Monopoly. A strategic board game that teaches you how to handle finances. The task is, having initially the same capital as the rest of the participants, to achieve their bankruptcy by capturing as many assets as possible.
- Memoris. All cards should be laid out face down on a flat surface. After that, in turn, it is allowed to open one at a time, showing the rest of the drawing and putting it in place. If you manage to remember where the pair of open cards lies, you are allowed to take it and keep it. Whoever has the most wins. Memoris perfectly develops visual memory.
- Crocodile. Engages imagination as well as memory. The main task is to guess which word the leader is using only gestures, without making a single sound and without suggesting what he means.
Online
Online games and simulators for brain development
Wikium is an excellent simulator with many games to develop your memory, thinking, attention, etc. Also, on this site you will find various courses that can pump your brain and allow you to learn new skills. You can go to these trainers by clicking on the link.
Matrices
The Corsi spatial test was taken as the basis, with the help of which it was previously determined how well the subject’s memory was developed.
The task is simple — you need to remember the exact location of the filled squares on the field. The time given to complete this task will be gradually reduced in order to motivate you to develop, strive for a better result.
It is convenient that the system determines the level of complexity itself, depending on the individual characteristics of the player. That is, the dynamics of development, previous and current results are taken into account.
By the way, doing at least a few weeks, you can track how much you managed to progress in the process of training.
Restaurant
The developers of this program offer you to get used to the role of a waiter. In order to understand how well you can store and reproduce information.
You will have to remember not only the order of each of the visitors, but even at which table they preferred to have dinner. Because, diverting your attention, they will move around the hall, as well as ask questions about the calorie content of dishes.
Follow the frog
You will have to memorize the maneuvers of the yellow frog while controlling the green one. You need to jump on the water lilies in exactly the same sequence. With each round, the task will become more difficult. And although at first glance it may seem that it is completely childish and simple, try to reach at least the fifth level by scoring the maximum number of points.
money box
If you want to increase the speed of thinking, then the money box is perfect for this purpose. Your attention will be offered 4 boxes, inside of which there are coins with different denominations. They must be counted in order to determine exactly where the largest amount of money is located.
Oral
They are good because they are suitable absolutely anywhere and for any company of people. In addition to memory, imagination, they also develop non-standard thinking.
- What does it consist of? Imagine any object and, in turn, name what parts and details it consists of.
- What was it? In the same way, choose any object and name the options for what exactly it was in the past.
- Breaking stereotypes. In continuation of the previous exercise. It is necessary to name as many ways as possible to use an item. Let’s say you can wrap food in a file, pour water and transfer the fish from the store home, and so on.
- Harmful — useful. Choose a situation and list in turn what is useful and what is harmful in it. You can distribute roles between participants who will defend their position. For example, it’s raining. This is good because plants need water. But it is harmful, because a person can get under it, freeze and get sick.
- The obvious in the not obvious. We choose two completely different subjects and try to name as many similar features as possible. Now, let’s say, what do a book and a door have in common? They can be closed or opened, they are made of wood and so on.
- Jar. In turn, we name any objects with a hidden letter that can fit in a three-liter jar.
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And, of course, we should not forget about well-known to almost everyone, but such useful games as tags, Rubik’s cube, various mechanical puzzles, wooden and ordinary puzzles.
Follow the exercises that are in this article, they will perfectly «pump» your brain. And also solve crossword puzzles, puzzles, puzzles. Even on the bus you can spend time with benefit.
Develop and never stop there!
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina