Training memory and attention in adults

Many people complain that they often forget to carry out any elementary activities planned in advance. For example, taking out the trash, closing the window on time, etc. Some even suggest that such violations are a harbinger of serious diseases. Is it really? Or maybe forgetfulness is just a small deviation? To answer these questions, it is necessary to consider the problem from all sides and find its root.

There can be many reasons for this. It all depends on the age of the person, his status and intelligence. If an individual after a head injury (or for another reason) cannot remember basic things, then perhaps he suffers from amnesia. There is also senile forgetfulness. In old age, the brain begins to work poorly due to a lack of oxygen and nutrients.

But do not rush to fatal conclusions, maybe you just suffer from forgetfulness due to “pathological” inattention. In this case, a person has such signs: poor switching from one topic to another; often it becomes impossible to memorize educational material, etc.

Due to the poor concentration of attention, the individual is not able to complete the work begun. The cause of a sharp deterioration in memory can be various diseases, such as tumors, atherosclerotic changes in blood vessels, disorders of the respiratory system, cardiovascular problems, etc.

In completely healthy people, memory may deteriorate due to constant stress and fatigue. Exercise affects the quality of the brain as well as mental. Remember that everything should be in moderation. And, most importantly, get enough sleep!

In young people, problems can arise as a result of "overflow" of memory with various information. For example, high school students preparing for the exam, often complain about poor assimilation of information. All this is due to the fact that the brain cannot process too much knowledge.

In moving children, too, there are signs of forgetfulness. It is difficult for a child to simultaneously concentrate on the educational process and on game activity. Many students, especially first graders, want to play more than to learn. Yet again, after heavy loads at school, primary school children often suffer from immunity. Therefore, they are susceptible to acute respiratory viral infections, etc. This also reduces the concentration of attention and memory.

Memory may be impaired due to a lack of vitamins. Especially strongly affects the deterioration of her work is the lack of thiamine. People with high intelligence also suffer from inattention. They are so busy with mental work that the problems associated with everyday life recede into the background. And, of course, it is very difficult for a busy person to focus on such simple actions as turning off the iron, fulfilling any small obligations, etc.

There are still people who are used to doing several things at once. Some act this way, since they sincerely believe that it is in this way that they train memory. Others carry out several tasks simultaneously in connection with official duties. However, it must be remembered that dispersal of attention cannot increase productivity. If you continue to act in the same direction, then you may get tired, and fatigue will lead to a decrease in attention and memory.

In any case, the elimination of the above problems directly depends on both the person himself and his loved ones. With ongoing activities that will help increase attention, your quality of life will improve a lot.

Before proceeding with any actions, it is desirable to identify the cause of memory impairment. If the reason is the pathological changes occurring in your body, then you need to contact a specialist who will help eliminate them. He will prescribe medications that help improve blood circulation in the brain and ensure its proper nutrition.

Anyone should monitor their health. Therefore, to improve memory, you should first abandon bad habits, such as smoking and alcohol. There are other methods that increase attention in adults. For example, such as memory training. Let's consider them in order.

Training memory is not a very complicated process. Perhaps you will be helped by fairly simple exercises that you can perform at home on your own. Try to describe a subject from memory. For a sample, take, for example, a kettle. It must have an unusual shape. The exercise is as follows. Examine your subject very carefully. Try to remember every single detail and color scheme. Then turn away from him and describe him in all details: drawing, color, shape, etc.

Then you should turn again and carefully examine the subject. Determine what was lost and what you could accurately describe. Then repeat the exercise. As soon as you can tell in detail in all the details, consider that you have completed the task.

The next exercise will be the task where you will have to draw a teapot (perhaps you already used it in the previous task) from memory. This will require a piece of paper and pencils.

And here is another interesting exercise. To complete it, take a book with bright pictures. Choose and consider one of the most extraordinary. Then close the book. Then tell us what you remember. Repeat the exercise until you reach perfection.

And here is the exercise of mindfulness. To complete this exercise, you will need an assistant. Take and place on the table a few bright objects. Take a good look at each item individually and remember the location. Turn away for a few minutes and analyze the picture in your mind. During this time, your assistant will remove one of the things from the table. After that, you must determine which thing is missing and describe it from memory.

Without visual analysis a qualitative perception of this world is impossible. Therefore, it should be trained according to the following procedure. Take in random order about 3 dozen sticks. But just do not count them. Lay them on the table as you have to. Look at this picture for 3 seconds. Then you should turn away and in your mind calculate the approximate number of sticks, and at the same time determine the location of each. Turn around and compare your picture that has developed in your mind and the original picture. Count the sticks. If everything coincided, then you have a wonderful visual memory. If it turned out badly, then repeat the training.

This exercise is the simplest and does not require much time. You can deal with it when you are moving in the direction of work or for any business. When you walk along the street, unfamiliar passers-by are walking towards you. In transport, you also meet strangers. Try to choose a specific object for yourself and carefully observe it and its behavior. Remember the person in the face. Before going to bed, remember it and try to mentally describe it.

It will be even better if you restore in your memory the chronology of the whole day, the people with whom you exchanged welcome phrases and objects that surrounded you at that moment. If you managed to restore almost all events in your mind, then you have good potential for further studies.

There is still a method called eavesdropping. If you often travel by public transport, try to listen and remember a passage from the conversation of your fellow travelers. Be sure to carefully consider their appearance and observe the behavior. In the evening after work, sit comfortably in complete silence and try to remember and also reproduce the conversation of people.

Talented people have a very developed memory, especially those who are engaged in painting. The extraordinary artist Aivazovsky had a wonderful photographic memory. He could look at the waves and the raging sea, as well as at the ship floating on them, and then capture this picture in his brain for a long time. He did this as if photographing a landscape.

When he took up the canvas, he easily reproduced what he saw in his memory. Then he had to transfer this image to the canvas with a brush and paints. Aivazovsky managed to achieve this effect with the help of many years of study. He could watch the sea for a long time. During such manipulations, the artist closed his eyes and personally presented the future picture. In the same way, any person at any age will be able to train memory. Therefore, the method described below is called the Aivazovsky method.

So, for 5 minutes, carefully and intently look at the subject or at any picture. Then close your eyes and try to imagine it in your mind. It will be even better if you transfer the image of the thing in question onto a sheet of paper with pencils. It is this method that will contribute to the effective training of your memory.

This method will help you find harmony with yourself and learn to pay attention to various little things. As a result, memory will develop.

For this technique, the psychologist will need to attract several people at once. As soon as a certain company is assembled, each of its members should sit in chairs in a circle. After that, everyone starts taking turns telling different stories that happened in their life. Wherein not forbidden to embellish your story a little. The rest of the audience attentively listen to the narrator and present in their minds what is being discussed.

In the next lesson, the psychologist may offer to continue the conversation begun at the last lesson. Only the nature of the lesson needs to be changed a little. Each previously told story is put forward for discussion. Further, all members of the company are invited to continue its plot or somehow change the scenario. We need to make it funny and interesting.

To improve memory and to concentrate, you can use mnemonic techniques, which consist of a large set of memorization. Consider the various exercises.

• Turn on consciousness and encrypt words. You need to do this with letters. For example, take the word "machine." We denote this word, for example, by the letter “U”, etc. Thus, quick memorization will occur.
• If there are vivid associations, then the information is easily remembered. For example, you need to remember the separate words “soap” and “tasty”. So, we remember the phrase "soap is delicious." Unusual? So this is the whole secret.
• Want to remember information - just rhyme her.
• When learning foreign words, use harmony. For example, the English word “tonic” can be associated with the Russian word “thin”.
• When memorizing objects, give them names that you easily perceive. For example, the building of a cosmetic factory can be given the name “powder”.

You can develop mindfulness with this simple method at home. Speed ​​reading gives many advantages in its implementation. In addition to developing attention, you can also become an intelligent person with a very good memory.

But first you need to understand the reading technique itself. This process happens like this. You look at the words (usually a couple), and fixation takes place in your mind. This process takes about a quarter of a second. And then the look moves to another phrase. There is a jump, and it takes a split second. After several repetitions, a phrase looms in your head.

You can improve the result if you do speed reading. There are 4 basic speed reading techniques.

• When an individual leads the eyes along the lines at a certain interval using a pointing object (sharpened stick). This eliminates the confusion of the location of the lines.
• Fluent reading implies highlighting the main parts in the text. You don’t learn how to read faster, but learn to identify those lines that are not important and you can skip them.
• The text is divided into parts using quick visualization method. There is completely no movement of the eyes.
• With help peripheral vision You can cover a large text volume. This eliminates unnecessary eye movement, and thereby eliminates the burden on them.

However, you may not achieve the desired result when reading speed. It all depends on the individual characteristics of a person and on the anatomical capabilities. If you have poor eyesight, then the effect of reading will decrease. RAM is also of great importance. If it is not trained, then you can immediately see a thousand words, but do not learn the material you read.

Is it necessary to use speed reading? It is necessary if you want to study material that does not require special attention, and the use of deep mental activity is not required for its assimilation. For example, you know the recipe, but you need to clarify some details.

Memory and attention are inextricably linked. If a person does not pay due attention to information, he will not be able to absorb and remember it. Therefore, developing attention, you will simultaneously develop memory. Here are the development methods of both.

• When solving logical problems, puzzles mindfulness and photographic memory develop. These methods will help develop logical thinking. And this function will only increase your intellectual level.
• Read and study information, which is not entirely clear to you and for which you will need to master the application of the entire supply of intelligence.
• Take care memorizing quatrains.
• Change your line of business often. Even if you are writing books, then try to sew some fashionable dress with your own hands or to build a cabinet yourself.
• All classes should be conducted in complete silence. So you will not be distracted and will be able to concentrate on the main thing.
• After more mental activities, take a walk in the fresh air. So you supply your brain with oxygen.
• Get enough sleep. Your brain must be unloaded. Then he will be able to work effectively.