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Two brain games that are vitamins for the brain
Psychology
Some attention exercises help stimulate the mind and delay cognitive decline
It’s funny but that of the multitaskIn other words, attending to several fronts at the same time and taking care of many issues at the same time can block the mind instead of activating it. In fact, as Àngels Navarro, psychologist and expert in mental training, explains, the great enemies of the brain are the Stress and non-restorative sleep, in addition to the lack of physical activity, poor diet, the consumption of harmful substances and mental inactivity.
To slow down the cognitive impairment and improve the brain capacity the psychologist proposes to practice mental exercises regularly and adopt a curious attitude facing life. “Curiosity and the desire to learn enable the brain to create new neural chains to replace others that die over time, stimulate other abilities and awaken stored memories that, if not refreshed, are lost”, says the psychologist .
Although it has been shown that dedicating 25-30 minutes a day When solving these types of games, skills such as attention, memory, mental agility or concentration improve, it is important to clarify, as Navarro clarifies, that mental exercises do not heal, but rather stimulate those cognitive skills that contribute to building knowledge and understanding the world around us.
The expert has devised a collection of mental training booklets called “Vitamins for the brain” which, under the seal of Green Therapies, invites you to work through more than 40 exercises, riddles and specific activities, each of these activities: “Memory” , «Attention» and «Reasoning».
Two of these games are dedicated precisely to reinforcing brain agility and is thus shared with ABC Bienestar.
First game: overlays
Which of the numbered figures can be superimposed on the figure above? They do not need to be completely covered, but they cannot bypass it.
Second game: the three scammers
Help the inspector find three scammers among all these portraits. Cross out all names that appear more than once. There will be a card with only three crossed out names. The other three are what you are looking for.
In addition, Àngels Navarro also invites us to be aware on a day-to-day basis of everything that can contribute to favor our cognitive stimulation, especially those more specific and less mechanical activities such as reading, playing cards or chess, going to the movies or to the theater, traveling, having conversations, playing with children, studying, singing … «There are many activities that help keep the brain active and in constant movement. Any time of day is good to practice a little brain gymnastics, you just have to feel like it, “he concludes.
Solutions to games
If you have decided to practice with these two mind games, but you are not sure if you have done it well, these are the solutions to the proposals: