Techniques to Boost Brain Power

The improvement of our brainpower is not a one off effort, but requires a long term commitment. It is not something that can be fixed from one day to the next. However there are a number of methods that can be applied straight away and just have to be kept up on a day by day basis. The idea is to stimulate the brain correctly by challenging the parts of it that have gone rusty. Here are a few ways to do this:

Use all your senses: most of the time we only implement two of our senses, sight and hearing. Try to imagine what would happen if we were to block out either of these. I will tell you what happens. Our brain will try to compensate for the lack of information coming in from one of the sources of information about our suuoundings by working harder with the remaining senses (you’ve seen the movie Daredevil). Joking aside, blocking one of our senses at a time will indeed stimulate the brain to make an extra effort and thereby make the remaining senses more powerful.
Provided you’re not doing an activity in which you are putting yourself or others in danger like driving or operating machinery, you can try to do some of your every day activities blindfolded or with blocked ears. You might want to do these things while alone as to not look like a crazy person. Try doing simple things like eating blindfolded or playing video games with ear plugs. You will find yourself straining the remaining senses in order to complete the tasks properly. Mainly, the more time you spend doing these exercises, the better you will become at them as your brain improves to make you proficient with the new handicap.

Normal objects, new use: This is another great exercise for the brain with which you will reap great rewards in terms of creativity, and completely for free.

This is how it is done: choose a single everyday object on which to focus.
Once the item is identified you want to start making a list of other uses that can be carried out by that object.
Obviously the aim is to not go for the obvious like writing with a pencil. Have a go at making up other ways of implementing that object such as poking a penguin with the same pencil. Don’t stop at one or two alternative uses. Aim for 10 or 20. Don’t stop until your creative muse has run dry. When this happens, move on to the next boring object to revamp.

Sample with the senses: Over time we have become so focused on visual stimuli that all the other senses are left to one side, their development stunted. What this ends up in is mental stagnation. In order to keep our mind on top form we need to try and get the other senses activated to a greater extent. Here are couple of ways to do this:
The next time you go to the supermarket buy a range of different products of the same element. Try a range of five chocolates, milk brands, bread, etc. Then, at home, try blindfolding yourself and trying to tell the product apart by smelling, tasting and/or feeling them.

The whole idea is to challenge all the parts of our brain that have been left alone without being offered to flourish to their full potential. This exercise is especially easy while travelling as we will encounter new foods all the time and will be able to make more educated decisions when it comes to our meals if we apply this technique once or twice a week.

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