How to develop the hemispheres of the brain. Using a live image

Effective gymnastics for brain development will help heal the body and develop the left and right hemispheres.

• Man is a rational being. He perceives the world around him differently than, for example, animals and has special thinking and logic. To understand how to develop your brain, you need to know its functions.
• The brain can be called a computer, because its capabilities are limitless. Throughout the entire period of life, a person learns something new; a lot of information can be stored in his head. He remembers only what he needs, and what is never useful is “removed” forever
• The brain consists of two hemispheres - right and left. Each side is assigned its own functional features - everything is analyzed in strict order, remembered or deleted

How to develop the left hemisphere of the brain?

The left side is responsible for logic. Language skills, solving logic circuits, mathematical operations, calculating integers and fractions, keeping track of time - all this is the work of the left half of the brain.

Therefore, to improve children's performance in school or to improve overall development, we must develop the left side of our “computer”.

So, how to develop the left hemisphere of the brain? The following must be done:

• Work on developing logic - study mathematical algorithms, practice logical thinking
• Solve complex geometric problems. Studying a science like mathematics is impossible without a well-developed left half of our brain
• Solve puzzles and crosswords - the left hemisphere works better than the right when analyzing actions and composing words
• A left-handed person needs to do everything with his right hand: write, draw, eat. It is necessary to use the right side of the body
• Take to improve brain function

Important: Try not to focus on the development of one half of the brain. It is the work of both halves of our brain “computer” that is valuable. Develop the left and right hemispheres of your brain at the same time.

How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain?

Above, we figured out what the left half of the brain is responsible for; now we need to work on developing intuitive abilities and creative thinking.

The right side of the brain processes data that comes from the senses. It allows you to synthesize existing data in your head, so a person can solve puzzles and act according to his own plans, and not according to compiled templates.

By developing the right half, we cultivate a holistic view of the world and reality. How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain? Do the following:

• Listen to music - it should be classical music, not rock or pop
• Dream, meditate alone. It is better to do meditation on the seashore or in the forest, where you connect with nature
• Draw, write poetry, compose music. Any creativity helps the development of the right half of the brain

Advice: Get creative, believe in your capabilities, and the result will not take long to arrive.

From birth, a baby's brain is wired to learn new things. Therefore, even such ordinary actions as feeding, walking and changing diapers are educational.

Advice: Don’t invent anything new in order to develop your baby’s brain. Don't get hung up on doing any special activities.

In order to properly develop a child’s brain, it is necessary to provide him with only proper care.

Important: Talk to your baby even when you are picking up mail from the mailbox or making tea. Such comments help to interest the child, which means he begins to think and develop.

Reading books together, playing games, mother's songs, dancing with the baby in your arms helps well in development. Even a regular massage and rocking before bedtime will develop the child’s brain.

Psychophysiologists work hard to create methods for harmonizing and developing the brain.

Each hemisphere is responsible for its own hand, so musicians and pianists will improve both hemispheres of the brain. After all, they play musical instruments with both hands, which helps to develop the two halves of the brain well.

Brain exercises for adults and preschool children that involve two hands are very effective:

EXERCISE: Grasp the tip of your nose with your left hand and your left earlobe with your right. Then lower your arms and clap your hands. Switch hands and repeat the exercise

EXERCISE:Sit at the table and place a piece of paper in front of you. Take a pencil in both hands and begin to draw symmetrical mirror drawings. Let them be simple at first, such as letters or numbers. If it is difficult to do this with both hands, you will have to first perform the exercise with each hand separately.

EXERCISE: Take a piece of paper with both hands and wave it, using not only your hands, but also your elbows and shoulders

EXERCISE: Place your left hand on your right shoulder, turn your head in this direction, focusing your gaze on some object. Slowly turn your head towards your left shoulder and look over it. Repeat the exercise, placing your right hand on your left shoulder

EXERCISE: Place your hands on the back of the chair - this is a support. Step one leg back. Move your body forward, bending your other leg. Transfer your body weight to it. Raise your heel slightly behind your standing leg. Now smoothly shift all your weight onto your back leg. Lower her heel and lift the toe of the other foot. Repeat 5 times, then change legs.

EXERCISE: Write words on paper in different colors. Repeat them as quickly as possible, and without hesitation

Chess, checkers, puzzles, Rubik's cube, puzzles and crosswords help in brain development.

The exercise systems program was developed back in the 70s. Scientists of that time conducted research with their students, each of whom performed gymnastics every day. Since then, the system has spread throughout the world and brought excellent results.

Olga Troitskaya is a successful psychologist. She pays great attention to brain development, because thanks to a clear mind a person can be happy and successful.

Important: Exercises increase the tone of the cerebral cortex, and massage of biologically active points allows you to make both halves of the brain work.

EXERCISE No. 1 “CROSS RABBLS”:

• Crawl on the floor like a child. You can just march when you feel lethargic and don’t want to do anything. The feeling of cheerfulness will come instantly

EXERCISE No. 2:

• Stand straight, feet shoulder-width apart
• Bend over, bringing your shoulder to your hip, not your elbow to your knee.
• The head turns slightly as the action progresses
• The mouth is not clamped, the lips are free. Only all muscles and the lower part of the face are tightened

EXERCISE No. 3 “BRAIN BUTTONS”:

• Place two fingers under the collarbones (there are 2 holes in that place). The second hand is placed on the navel
• Lightly massage the pits
• Change hands
• You also need to massage the dimples located between the 1st and 2nd ribs under the collarbones. This is a powerful neuro-lymphatic zone with large vessels coming from the heart

EXERCISE No. 4 “THINKING CAP”:

• Grasp the top of the ear and massage gently, as if stretching back and turning each point of the ear
• Turn your head to the left as far as possible. Massage your ears, allowing your head, looking back, to go further and further. Do the massage from top to bottom. When your head turns to the limit, stop doing the exercise.
• Turn your head to the right and repeat all the steps again as with turning your head to the left

EXERCISE No. 5 “OWL”:

• Grab your left shoulder in the middle with your right hand
• Turn your head slightly to the left
• Start warming up - as you exhale, squeeze your fingers and say “UH.” Widen your eyes and look like an owl
• Turn your head slightly from side to side
• Then grab your right shoulder with your left hand and repeat the exercise

EXERCISE No. 6 “LAZY EIGHTS”:

• Place your feet shoulder-width apart, feet parallel, knees straight and slightly bent. The body is relaxed
• Bend one arm at the elbow and extend it forward. The thumb points up. Fix your gaze on him. The thumb is on the midline of the body.
• Imagine a circle in front of you and draw a lying figure eight in it.
• Switch hands and repeat the exercise
• Then do it with both hands together - to the left and up

EXERCISE No. 7 “DENISON HOOKS”:

Part 1 of the exercise:

• Intertwine your legs
• Stretch your arms forward with your palms facing outward
• Place your palms together, interlocking your fingers and turning your arms toward your chest
• Lift your tongue and press it to the roof of your mouth
• Look up. You need to do the exercise for as long as you feel comfortable

Part 2 of the exercise:

• Place your feet shoulder-width apart
• Place your hands down and clasp them with a boat at the level of your lower abdomen
• Lower your eyes, press your tongue to the roof of your mouth

Below is a video with Olga Troitskaya’s brain gymnastics. It only presents the exercises themselves.

Video: Brain gymnastics - become successful at any age! Olga Troitskaya. Exercises only

The brain fitness system is specially designed exercises that help develop and synchronize the work of both hemispheres of the brain and develop hand motor skills.

Finger exercises for the brain bring many benefits. It must be done daily.

Video: What is Brain Fitness and Finger Gymnastics?

Video: Brain fitness

Video: Fitness for the brain. Exercise #2 Cards Money Two TRUNKS

Video: Fitness for the brain. Exercise #3 Crazy Crocodiles

Video: Fitness for the brain. Exercise #4 Tie your fingers in a knot

Japanese healer Katsudzo Nishi created a system of exercises to improve the health of the body. This is done through training the capillaries.

Gymnastics for brain vessels Nishi:

• The simplest exercise to improve the condition of capillaries and blood circulation is called "Vibration". In the morning, without getting out of bed, lift your legs and arms up and shake them for 2 minutes. This kind of massage of the capillaries also helps to redistribute lymphatic fluid, which allows you to cleanse the body of toxins
• Exercise "Gold fish". Lying on a flat surface, place your hands under your neck, at the level of the fourth cervical vertebra. Pull your toes towards you. Tense yourself very hard and make vibrating movements with your whole body, like a fish.

Such exercises help reduce the tone of the nervous system and increase vascular tone. Active blood circulation begins throughout the body, blood vessels actively work and strengthen.

Here are more effective exercises for strengthening blood vessels and improving brain function:

Video: Exercises to strengthen blood vessels

• Older people also need a lot of their body if they want to live their lives in health
• Therefore, it is necessary to start doing brain exercises and exercises for the elderly today. Exercises from Olga Troitskaya, which are presented above, have a very good effect on brain function.
• All the exercises that are suitable for older people are suitable for younger people and children. Just do them slowly and do as many reps as you can
• Thanks to constant exercise, lethargy and laziness will disappear, and the vestibular apparatus will be activated. An elderly person will be able to achieve full brain function

Brain synchronization - 25 exercises

To start developing your brain, follow the tips below:

Advice: Get rid of physical inactivity - this is a problem for sedentary people. Move more - don't spend a lot of time at the computer and TV. If you don't move, the blood vessels become clogged with cholesterol plaques, which leads to problems with brain activity.

Advice: Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages. Alcohol kills neurons. But, if you choose between vodka, wine and beer, then beer has significantly less harm on our brain.

Advice: Drink 2 liters of water per day. People who are overweight should drink up to 4 liters of pure still water per day. It helps remove waste and toxins.

Advice: When doing any homework, do it cheerfully and ironically! The brain loves good emotions.

Just as a person works on developing his muscles, he should also develop his brain. If the brain is not given daily work, it will become decrepit.

Important: If daily stress is present, then the number of gray cells increases, new capillaries appear and new synapses are formed between neurons.

By following these tips, you will help your brain: it will not “get bored” and will constantly develop:

1. Walk around the house with your eyes closed - this helps develop coordination of movements.
2. Determine the denomination of coins that are in your pocket by touch
3. Master Braille - Reading and Writing for the Blind
4. Write with your left hand if you are right-handed, and with your right if you are left-handed.
5. Buy clothes that are unusual for you and wear them
6. Change your hair color or get a short haircut if you previously had long hair
7. Travel, get to know new cities and countries
8. Change the interior of your home and office more often
9. Come up with new phrases to answer questions: how are you, what's new?

Important: Why do this? Habits bore the brain, and it gets tired of routine. He is interested in everything new: emotions, words, actions and places.

BRAIN WORKOUT: Do the exercises with your eyes closed:

• Breathe calmly and deeply 10 times
• Slowly count out loud from 1 to 100, and vice versa, from 100 to 1
• Imagine a pink circle in your head, then, using a spread, mentally transform it into a square, triangle, trapezoid and rhombus
• Say the alphabet, making up a word for each letter, for example, “A is for watermelon.”
• Mentally look at yourself from the outside. Take a closer look at all the details of clothing and accessories. Think about what you smile
• Read any text backwards

EXERCISE “EMERGENCY”: On a piece of paper, write the letters of the alphabet, and under them L, P or V. The letters from the upper lines are spoken out loud, and from the lower ones - done with your hands (L - the left hand rises up, P - the right hand rises up, V - both hands rise up). Doing all this at the same time is difficult, although it seems simple at first glance.

A B C D E

L P P V L

E F Z I K

V L R V L

L M N O P

L P L L P

R S T U F

V P L P V

X C CH W Y

L V V P L

Now let's remember exercises from physical education lessons, which, as it turns out, help develop the brain and make it work synchronously:

PARALLEL EXERCISE:

• Reach the elbow of your right hand to the knee of your right leg, and the elbow of your left hand to the knee of your left leg - repeat 12 times

CROSS EXERCISE:

• Reach the elbow of your right hand to the knee of your left leg, and the elbow of your left hand to the knee of your right leg

It will take only 2 minutes to complete these exercises, and the effect will be felt immediately - your head will become “fresh” and “lightened.”

Specialists and experts in the field of brain development give very valuable advice to those people who are working on synchronizing their brain. If you do them at least once a week, progress will definitely appear.

• Advice: Finger gymnastics helps develop the neural functioning of the brain. Open and close your fingers, complicating the task and doing the exercise through one finger
• Advice: Rearrange items on your desktop. This will force the brain to look for new solutions. But don't do this too often so that your brain doesn't get used to it.
• Advice: Say out loud twenty female or male names. Mentally imagine these people and how they smile at you. Wish them all a good day
• Advice: Once a week, go to bed with your head towards the other end of the bed. This is unusual for the brain and it will not be able to fall asleep quickly, but you have to try.
• Advice: Change the hand on which you wear the watch. At first you will experience inconvenience, but then you will no longer notice it. After 7 days, change your hand again
• Advice: When cleaning the house, put things away nicely, but out of place. After this, the brain will have to work and remember where things and objects are after cleaning
• Advice: Solve various logic problems. They can be found in collections, children's magazines or on the Internet.
• Advice: Once a week, think about what you have achieved during the week. Make plans for the next week, highlighting the main events
• Advice: Sometimes write letters to yourself about the mistakes you made during the week. Don’t feel sorry for yourself, write down even minor troubles so that you can become even better next week

COMPLEX EXERCISE TO INCREASE YOUR BRAIN:

• Sit on a chair and cross your legs
• With the foot that is on top, draw circles in the air clockwise
• After this, draw a circle counterclockwise with the finger of your right hand - the leg continues to move clockwise

EXERCISE “COLOR”:

• Take a blank sheet of paper and use paints, a felt-tip pen or pencil to color it completely with one color
• List all the associations that you have with this color. For example, red - cherry, watermelon, flag and so on

EXERCISE “COUNTING”:

• Count to 20 and back, but skipping a number that contains, for example, 3 or that is divisible by 3

EXERCISE “WORD”:

• Pick up a newspaper and read the first word you come across
• Make ten different sentences with this word, quickly and without thinking

• Place both palms on your stomach - left hand on right
• Exhale as if you were blowing out a candle.
• You need to do this exercise for one minute.

EXERCISE “LIFTING WITHOUT HANDS”:

• Sit on the floor and spread your legs wide
• Now stand up sharply without using your hands
• During this exercise, both hemispheres of the brain begin to work in concert. A sense of balance is important. WARNING: You may fall during this exercise.

EXERCISE “LETTER”:

• Close your eyes and imagine any letter in your head
• Name out loud up to twenty objects starting with this letter, for example: one is a tank, two is a tractor, three is a throne, four is oatmeal, and so on. The faster you say the words, the better

EXERCISE TO IMPROVE BLOOD CIRCULATION:

• Extend one arm forward, straighten your thumb and draw an 8 in the air
• Do 4 such repetitions. Change your hand
• At the end, do gymnastics with both hands

EXERCISE TO IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION:

• Raise both hands up
• Draw a square in the air with one hand and a star with the other
• As soon as the exercise starts to work out, change hands. To complicate it, come up with drawings of other shapes

Now let's learn how to do physical exercises to synchronize the brain. After performing such gymnastics, both hemispheres of the brain will learn to work simultaneously.

EXERCISE “ADVICE OF FINGERS AND TOES”:

• Sit on a high table so your legs swing freely
• Spread your fingers and touch your fingertips to each other, holding your hands in front of you
• Perform swinging movements with your arms. Your fingertips should meet each other

Important: If you want to make this exercise more challenging, point your toes together. Swing your arms and bring your fingertips together and spread your legs. With your arms apart, bring your legs together.

EXERCISE “CROSSING ARMS AND LEGS”:

• First, swing your arms in front of your body at shoulder level. Palms should be facing the floor
• After a while, start doing swings and crosses behind the body - at the level of the buttocks
• Continue with the exercise, adding movement to your legs.
• When moving to the right, move your left foot in front of your right, and your right foot in front of your left when moving to the left.

Another similar exercise:

• Cross your legs while moving
• Step to the side - cross your left leg behind your right
• One more step with your right and plant your left foot
• Repeat the movement in the opposite direction

EXERCISE “REVERSE PUPPE”:

• Stand straight with your feet together. Place your arms above your head. Jump and swing your arms out to the sides and back, spreading your legs. Jump back to the starting position
• Perform the previous movements with your feet, and extend your arms in front of your body, moving them up and down.
• Use your arms to move to the sides, and your legs to jump back and forth from one foot to the other, just like when walking.

EXERCISE “GREAT CONDUCTOR”:

• Play any classical music
• Stand in the same position as a conductor standing in front of an orchestra.
• Raise your arms at shoulder height, with one arm higher than the other
• Draw lying figure eights in the air: the left hand writes to the left, the right hand to the right
• After this, draw an internal arc and repeat all exercises in the opposite direction.

EXERCISE “CONFUSION”:

• The right hand is on the head, the left hand is on the stomach. Pat the top of your head and stroke your belly in a circle at the same time
• Stroke your stomach clockwise with your left hand, and stroke your left collarbone in the other direction with your right hand.

EXERCISE “DRAWING WITH THE NOSE”:

• Imagine a pencil on the tip of your nose
• Draw figure eights in the air
• When you succeed in this exercise, write your first and last names in the air.

EXERCISE “ROLL WITH LEMON”:

• Prepare lemon and chair
• Lie on your back, place a chair behind your head. Squeeze a lemon between your feet
• Raise your legs so that you can place the lemon on the chair
• Lower your legs, then raise them, and take the lemon from the chair, returning to the starting position

Tip: Young people in good physical shape can place the lemon not on a chair, but on the floor behind their head.

Important: It is good to perform the “birch tree” and headstand along with this exercise. This exercise will help stimulate cerebral circulation.

EXERCISE “YOGI BREATHING”:

• Sit on a chair and relax, your back straight. Place the index and middle fingers of your right hand on the bridge of your nose
• Use your ring finger to lightly close your left nostril and inhale slowly through your right nostril for a count of 8.
• Hold your breath for 4 seconds. Then press with your thumb and close your right nostril while exhaling slowly through your left nostril for a count of 8
• Hold your breath for 4 seconds and inhale again, counting to 8, but now through the left nostril

EXERCISE “RELAXATION AND CONCENTRATION”:

• Sit cross-legged on the floor and close your eyes
• Take a few breaths, directing the air flow deep down your abdomen. The diaphragm must work
• Focus on your breathing. Say “OM” out loud as you inhale, and “AH” as you exhale.

EXERCISE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR MEMORY:

• Close your eyes and yawn widely
• Simultaneously massage tense areas in the lower and upper jaw
• The yawn should be long and loud. Repeat the exercise 3-6 times

EXERCISE TO DEVELOP LOGIC:

• Lie on the floor, bend your knees, feet on the floor. Place your hands under your head and interlace your fingers. Without unclenching your arms, rise and at the same time turn around, resting your elbow on the floor
• Left elbow - to the right knee, right elbow - to the left knee. Repeat this exercise 5 times in each direction

EXERCISE TO DEVELOP MENTAL ABILITY(helps improve precision of movements):

• Find the depressions on the forehead, above the eyebrows
• Apply gentle pressure with your fingertips for one minute. Repeat the exercise 3-4 times

Be healthy, and do not forget to share useful information with your friends and relatives. After all, perhaps this will help them prolong their lives and live it happily and successfully!

Video: 3 minutes lesson for life! Harmonization of the right and left hemispheres of the brain

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A Brief Overview of the Human Brain

The brain performs the following functions:

• Thinking;
• Speech;
• Consciousness;
• Feelings;
• Coordination of movements;
• Sleep management;
• Drawing up plans.

The human brain consists of two hemispheres. One of them is called right, and the other left. They are connected to each other by the corpus callosum. The exchange of information between the two hemispheres passes through it. If you damage the left side of the brain, it will damage the right hemisphere. The opposite is also true. Of course, there have been cases when a person’s entire left side was cut off. After that, he continued to live a full life. The right hemisphere began to perform the functions of the no longer existing left hemisphere.

The human brain is divided into two parts. Each hemisphere performs its own specific functions. Their purpose is presented below.

Left hemisphere Performs sequential processing of information. It involves step-by-step analysis. All information is subject to strict analysis. The left hemisphere works with numbers and numbers.

Right hemisphere processes information that comes from the senses. It perceives music, colors and is responsible for orientation in the world. The right hemisphere is capable of synthesizing existing information. For this reason, it allows you to solve puzzles and act outside the pattern.

This is enough to understand how complex the human brain is.

How to develop brain abilities?

The same assumption can be applied to the human brain. He uses only 10 percent of his potential. People need to develop their abilities. It is difficult to imagine what a person will be like whose brain uses one hundred percent of its capabilities.

Most likely, a new scientific revolution will occur. Discovery after discovery will follow.

To start developing your brain abilities, you need to follow these tips:

Get rid of physical inactivity. It occurs in sedentary people. Drivers who like to constantly watch TV and sit at the computer are at risk. With physical inactivity, fatty acids are not broken down. Cholesterol plaques appear on the vessels, interfering with the passage of blood. Blood supplies all organs with oxygen. The brain does not receive O2 and begins to function poorly.

It is necessary to ensure the intake of carbohydrates and phosphates in the body.If a person wants to develop brain abilities, then he needs to give up vodka, wine, etc. But if you choose the lesser evil, then drinking beer has a much more detrimental effect on neurons than alcohol. In general, any alcohol-containing drink kills neurons. Beer also contains a lot of carbon dioxide. It's a double whammy. The human brain is poisoned by alcohol and carbon dioxide.

You should drink plenty of still water. It removes most of the toxins and waste from the body.
Water helps develop brain abilities. It provides better communication between the hemispheres. For 30 kilograms of weight you should drink 1 liter of water. In stressful situations, the volume increases. Water will not make a person worse.

Ways to maintain and develop brain activity

• Exercise at least twice a week. Try to communicate more with other people. This communication must occur with a living person directly.
• Eat food rich in vitamins and enzymes.
• Let your body get enough sleep.
• Avoid stress.
• You should learn to relax and master relaxation techniques.
• By adhering to these five points, you can feel that the potential abilities of the brain have increased and are slowly starting to become active.

It’s not for nothing that schools, technical schools and universities offer not only core subjects. For example, physicists also study the Russian language, history, psychology and other humanities. The same thing happens with philologists. Together with the humanities, they have strictly mathematical subjects.

The above examples indicate that Both hemispheres need to be developed in parallel. To do this, there are exercises for brain development.

Exercise 1.

First you need to stroke your belly clockwise with your hand. To perform this exercise, you should tap yourself on the head vertically from top to bottom with your left hand. Having mastered this movement, a person must perform them simultaneously. At first glance, everything is simple. But after combining, almost everyone’s hands will begin to get confused. The left hand will automatically try to make circular movements. Once the goal is accomplished and the confusion stops, you should change the position of your hands.

Exercise 2.

Place both palms on your stomach. The left hand is strictly on the right. Now you need to exhale. It should be like blowing out a candle. One minute is allotted for this exercise.

Exercise 3.

This exercise allows you to actively synchronize the work of both hemispheres.

You need to raise both arms up or in front of you. A person will be required to draw a square in the air with his left hand and a star with his right. All this is done at the same time. As soon as progress is made, the position of the hands changes.

The exercise can be made more difficult. To do this, you will need to make drawings of other shapes. It all depends on the imagination of the person performing the exercise.

For the development of the cerebral hemispheres, a special program was created - neurobics. Such exercises allow you to look at everyday affairs in a new way. In other words, you need to try to do something ordinary in an unusual way.

Exercise 4.

Try to get out of bed on the other leg. You can try brushing your teeth with your other hand. When drinking tea, sugar should be stirred with your left hand, not your right.

Exercise 5.

This exercise should be done with a good friend. You need to blindfold yourself and walk with your companion.

In this exercise you will need to answer the questions below.

• How did you deal with uncertainty?
• Which sense organs are activated?
• What sounds stood out?
• What did you hear that alarmed you and what did you calm down?

How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain

As mentioned above, it is necessary to develop both hemispheres. For example, one day give preference to logical training, and on another day engage in imagination and art.

At first there was a question about how to develop the brain 100 percent. There is only one way out - to develop both hemispheres.

An imbalance in the development of both hemispheres begins in childhood. People do not know how to think abstractly and empathize.

Exercise 1.

A person must start drawing. The right hemisphere synthesizes rather than analyzes. You need to perceive the world around you abstractly. To do this, you can become a designer of your own apartment. Learn to trust your intuition when choosing wallpaper and colors.

Exercise 2.

In psychology there is a concept of empathy. A person must not only empathize with other people, he is required to look at the world through the eyes of another. In this case, there is a deep involvement in what is happening in the lives of other people. This exercise develops the right hemisphere.

Exercise 3.

A person needs to often listen to soulful music, to which one can dream or simply relax. A musical composition should not constrain a person.

They are mirrored, but they are not. If you study the issue more carefully, you can notice their asymmetry. When measuring the size of the brain, it turns out that the left hemisphere is always slightly larger than the right. But that's not the only difference. The right hemisphere contains long fibers connecting distant parts of the brain, while the left hemisphere has short fibers that form connections in a limited area.

Medical observations

While examining the brain of a patient who suffered from loss of speech, Paul Broca, a French physician, in 1861 noticed that the area of ​​the frontal lobe, which is responsible for the production of speech, was damaged in the left hemisphere.

And only very recently scientists were able to determine what else each hemisphere is responsible for separately. The fact is that during normal functioning, our brain works as a single coherent system, and information is instantly transmitted from hemisphere to hemisphere along a wide bundle of nerve fibers connecting them. These fibers are called

In epilepsy, this communication bridge can cause problems and damage the brain. In an effort to prevent such an outcome, neurosurgeons in some cases dissect the corpus callosum.

Such patients live normal lives, and scientists can carefully study the functioning of the hemispheres separately. And that's what was determined.

Able to express himself through speech and perform complex calculations and logical operations. The right hemisphere responds only to simple, light speech.

But the right hemisphere has an excellent awareness of space and structure, so it creates geometric and perspective drawings better than the left. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, and the right hemisphere controls the left.

When the right hemisphere is damaged, a person experiences impairments in recognizing faces or perceiving information, depth, and space. Scientists obtained additional information about the relative specialization of the right hemisphere by observing patients whose speech was impaired, but the ability to sing was preserved. It follows that the right hemisphere is responsible for musical abilities.

Differences between the hemispheres

Asymmetry can be mental, sensory and motor interhemispheric.

When studying psychophysiological functions, it was found that control over the verbal information channel in speech is exercised by the left hemisphere, and control over the non-verbal channel, i.e. voice and intonation, follows the right. in the left hemisphere it is carried out analytically, sequentially, according to the principle of induction. The right hemisphere processes incoming information simultaneously, synthesizing it according to the principle of deduction.

The left hemisphere most often represents positive emotions and suppresses the manifestation of weak emotions. The right hemisphere is more “emotional” and represents mainly negative emotions, controlling the manifestations of strong ones.

In the sensory sphere, the right and left hemispheres differ in their ability to visually perceive. The right hemisphere of the brain perceives a holistic visual image and copes more easily with the task of distinguishing objects and visualization. The left hemisphere approaches the assessment of the visual image in a dissected, analytical way. Consciousness and are associated primarily with it.

Motor asymmetry of the hemispheres is expressed in right-left-handedness, which is controlled by the motor cortex of the opposite hemisphere.

Development of the right hemisphere

To develop intuition, you need to learn to activate the right hemisphere. How to achieve this? The simplest and most natural way is to engage in activities that activate the right side of the brain. These are all types of creativity: drawing, singing, dancing, as well as listening to music, smelling, operating with symbols and images.

How to unlock the potential of your brain and become the darling of fate? The secret is out! It is necessary to develop the right hemisphere...

Imbalance in human development

Managing your own brain¹ is a completely natural process, planned for a person by nature itself.

But history has taught people to pay attention to the external, forgetting about the internal. The same applies to the brain. According to research, on average people use only 3-5 percent of their brain potential!

Unfortunately, most abilities remain beyond the realm of possibility for people, something out of the realm of fantasy. It’s the same with the brain: for most people it works as it should.

A person is not able to fully control his memory and other neural processes of the brain, although this, it would seem, should be as easily accessible to him as the ability to lift a glass into the air. Therefore, we cannot independently solve memory problems, develop imagination, and much more.

It’s the same with superpowers: esoteric texts say that every person can develop these abilities. But he cannot do this due to the underdevelopment of the right hemisphere of the brain.

Why should we strive to develop the right hemisphere of the brain?

Nowadays people primarily use the left hemisphere. It is responsible for logic, analysis; the work of this hemisphere is alien to creativity, imagination and creative mental activity. It makes us, at best, good performers.

Only the right hemisphere makes it possible to be an active creator of your life; it is responsible for creativity, imagination, creation and intuition.

There are people whose brains spontaneously switch to a different mode of operation, including the right hemisphere. Such people usually make artists, performers, musicians and representatives of other creative professions.

But in science, in technology, and in other types of activity, serious achievements are simply impossible without the involvement of the right hemisphere!

We can say that the right hemisphere creates ideas, and the left hemisphere directs, seeks ways of expression.

Right hemisphere potential

Every person is capable of awakening the right hemisphere and developing their mental abilities. And as a result, develop any talents in yourself and achieve success in life.

What is the difference between the activity of the right and left hemispheres?

The human brain is naturally electromagnetic. This activity is expressed by a certain rhythm in which the brain works. It is the rhythm that determines what state we are in.

Electromagnetic oscillations of the brain produce a certain number of repeating cycles per second. The number of such cycles per second is the rhythm of brain activity. Rhythm has its own frequency. For most people, it can range from one cycle every two seconds to forty cycles per second.

Depending on the rhythm of brain activity, there are four main brain states: alpha rhythm, beta rhythm, theta rhythm and delta rhythm.

For example, when a person is awake, his brain works in the beta rhythm. When he sleeps, and the mind is turned off and does not dream, the brain is immersed in the delta rhythm: it rests in it.

How to develop the right hemisphere?

During light relaxation, immersion into the alpha rhythm occurs. When falling asleep, the brain is in a state of theta rhythm. And this state is key for the development of extrasensory abilities and brain potential.

This state is difficult to catch, and at the same time it can be learned: you need to increase your awareness, and simply train your body to pay attention to this short moment. In the theta trance state, you can receive secret knowledge from the information field of the Universe³, control reality to achieve success in life, fulfill desires, develop superpowers and much more.

Konstantin Yakovlev

The brain is a complex and not fully understood part of the human body. It is responsible for important functions in the process of life: memory, attention, emotions, decision making, coordination and thinking. The brain makes people who they are. Despite the rapid development of modern medicine, it still harbors unsolved mysteries. The internal reserves of the brain go far beyond what has been studied: scientists believe that people use only 5-10% of its potential.

What doesn't allow it? The point is Mother Nature: having awarded humanity with the greatest gift - intelligence - she also created protective functions that save the mind from excessive stress. Therefore, he protects himself by working in “economy mode” and not allowing his reserves to be quickly depleted.

However, the brain, like other parts of the human body, needs constant training throughout life. In addition, everything in the body is interconnected: an active and bright mind increases the level of health, mood and well-being. Various games and exercises for brain development will help keep him in good shape. They will help memory, develop creative and analytical abilities.

Games for brain development

One of the most effective and interesting methods of training the mind is considered to be games for brain development. With their help, you can have fun and usefully spend your free time. So why not make such activities a habit? After all, nothing prevents you from devoting a couple of hours in your free time to exercising your mind instead of doing routine things. The main goal is for the brain to start working actively, looking for ways to solve problems and answers to questions.

The following logic and intellectual games for brain development are popular:

chess;
checkers;
Sudoku;
poker;
backgammon;
group games;
logic puzzles and others.

They help develop intelligence, logic and memory. In addition, board games allow you to feel the joy of competition and victory; it is not for nothing that they have been known since ancient times. Such a pastime is a powerful training for several human abilities at once: logical, analytical and deductive, imaginative thinking, concentration. It is a proven fact that people who play chess or similar games from childhood are much smarter than their peers in adulthood.

So, games and attention contribute to:

Improving strategic thinking, since they involve careful thinking about actions several steps ahead, studying alternative options for the development of events. An excellent skill to use in life, for example, when traveling to unfamiliar places, when you need to quickly plot routes and choose the best one among them.
Acquiring the skill of remembering possible results from planned actions. A habit that is useful in everyday life, work and business. It allows you to reduce the number of rash and impulsive decisions, since a “decision-action-result” chain immediately forms in your head.
, increasing stress resistance and reducing the likelihood of unnecessary conflicts.
Development of erudition, because many group games involve the continuous acquisition of new information.

Exercises for the development of the brain hemispheres

Depending on the dominant hemisphere, a person’s abilities and preferences are determined. Right hemisphere – emotions, imaginative and abstract thinking. It is well developed among people of creative professions. The left is responsible for logic, consistency, analytical abilities, and rationalism. To become a harmonious person, you need to train both parts.

Sets of exercises have been developed for the development of the brain hemispheres, which significantly improve certain human qualities. Here are the popular options with brief descriptions:

You will need a couple of pens and a piece of paper. You need to simultaneously draw geometric shapes, numbers, and letters with both hands. It seems that the exercise is quite simple, but in practice few people manage to complete it the first time.

Very quickly move your fingers in order, connecting them into a ring with your thumb. You can try it on one hand first, and then on both at the same time.
Exercise "conductor". To perform it, you need to imagine yourself as an orchestra conductor in your free time, turn on the music and raise both hands to shoulder level so that one is slightly lower than the other. In this position, simultaneously draw a vertical infinity sign in the air: with your right hand, from the middle of the sign, make movements to the right and up, with your left hand, to the left and up. Then repeat everything in reverse order.
Gymnastics that help relieve one hemisphere of monotonous work and activate the other. You will need a sheet of A4 paper, on which two straight, clear lines are drawn in the form of a horizontal “X” symbol. Hang the sheet at eye level and, looking at it, do the following:

- reach with your left elbow to your right knee and vice versa, keeping your back straight, do 6 approaches for each side;

- touch your left elbow with your left knee and vice versa, do not bend your back either, the number of repetitions is equal to the previous one.

This exercise will only take five minutes, but the effect will be felt immediately - a clear and refreshed head.

You should know that the cerebral hemispheres have feedback from the sides of the human body. That is, the more actively you train the left side with physical activity, the more the right side of the brain improves and vice versa.

Exercises to develop the right hemisphere of the brain

The right side of the brain manages the holistic perception of reality, enhances intuitive comprehension of reality, and creative abilities. Therefore, the development of this hemisphere is promoted by: visualization, meditation, drawing. In general, all actions related to operating with holistic images.

Effective exercises for developing the right hemisphere of the brain are writing poems, singing, dancing, creating literary works, even if it is keeping a diary or blog. The main thing is that these types of activities are directly related to the functions for which this hemisphere is responsible.

As an example, we can recommend the currently popular right-hemisphere drawing courses. A special technique used when sketching an image teaches you to move away from stereotyped thinking patterns and recreate the desired object on paper as realistically as possible. Such activities allow you to expand the boundaries of consciousness, look at familiar things with different eyes, appreciate the world around you in a new way and develop your imagination.

Exercises to develop the left hemisphere of the brain

Since the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for the ability to analyze and calculate, the best exercises for its development are:

Solving mathematical problems and studying the exact sciences. The greater the number and the higher the complexity of the tasks, the better the left hemisphere develops.
Solving crosswords, scanwords, puzzles. Such exercises involve analytical thinking, which implies the development of this part of the brain to a greater extent.
Physical exercises aimed at the right side of the body.

Neurobics exercises for brain development

They are a set of exercises aimed at using the senses in an unusual way, which increases brain activity and improves mental abilities. In this case, you need to do the following:

After waking up in the morning, get dressed and wash yourself without opening your eyes. Or an alternative option - while having breakfast, communicate with loved ones without using speech.
Change your usual routine, “get off the beaten path.” To improve brain function, it is useful to periodically change routes to work and home, use an unusual hand to hold cutlery, find other stores to buy groceries, sign up for clay sculpting, take a walk in the rain, or aimlessly watch the clouds.
A great exercise for brain development is traveling to unfamiliar places. Travel is a great way to stimulate the mind. There is an opinion that thanks to the “wandering” lifestyle, ancient people made a huge leap in improving the objects of labor and skills. In addition, visiting all sorts of places involves, and this also helps to improve brain activity.
Take an example from children: they are mobile, constantly in a state of perception and knowledge of the world around them. An adult may not notice the color of a friend’s jacket, or the cost of the purchased item. It turns out that children's brains are more active than older people's.

To restore and improve the functioning of brain cells, we can recommend a kind of “mental gymnastics”:

perform simple actions with your eyes closed;
purchase new products in a store or order unknown dishes in a restaurant;
communicate with strangers, study a foreign language, absorb new information;
find interesting hobbies or study a narrowly focused field;
watch TV with the sound turned off, while commenting on the dialogues you see;
look for and regularly change your favorite perfume;
try to do as many actions as possible with your non-working hand;
come up with unexpected answers to everyday questions, surprising your interlocutors;
: items of clothing in dark and cool shades are diluted with bright colored things - this will certainly affect the way of thinking;
learn to determine the denomination of banknotes using your fingers, learn sign language - this will have a positive effect on the development of sensory perception;
write jokes and anecdotes;
add variety to home relaxation: why not sit on the floor instead of lying on the sofa?

Without regular exercise and training, a person’s brain, like his body, becomes “hardened” and performs its functions worse and worse. Because of this, the level of mental and physical abilities of a person decreases. To slow down such changes and enjoy life at any age, you need to make it a rule to continuously do gymnastics to improve your mind. Let these tips and tricks help you choose the right ways to develop your brain and make them an ingrained habit.