The brain is the main human organ. Sometimes he begins to fail and refuses to remember important information, certain life events, facts or dates.
Typically, such problems depress both adults and their children, make you think about inevitable aging, about senile diseases.
Why do memory and attention worsen?
Frequent causes of memory deterioration and reduction of concentration are as follows:
- Head injury.No matter what part of the head is injured, it is always fraught with negative consequences.
- Stroke. ,Blood does not enter or does not suffer enough into the areas of the brain that are responsible for memory and attention, and therefore violations occur.
- Oncology or benign neoplasm.The tumor is pressed on important areas of the brain, which negatively affects their work.
- Infectious diseases.Even a harmless runny nose, if it is not treated, can cause a serious inflammatory process that can cause a decrease in the activity of the brain center.
- Violation of metabolism.It is important for the brain that it is saturated with all the necessary substances. If this does not happen, then it redistributes its resources, leaves them less than their memory processes and perception.
- Information overload.The human brain is able to process a limited amount of information. If an overload occurs, then it loses the intensity of work.
- Lack of vitamins.Basically, group B vitamins are responsible for the work of the brain, they must be present in the everyday diet.
- Constant stress.Strong chronic stress blocks the areas of the brain that are responsible for the memory, so it is important to learn how to control your condition even in negative life circumstances.
- Lack of sleep or its inferiority.In a dream, the human brain is restored, instead of dead cells, new ones grow. If the dream is broken, then the processes of memorization, concentration and recalls will be disturbed.
Memory and attention exercises
Attention!The complex of simple exercises for the development of memory and attention is best done in a calm and relaxed state, with eyes closed, to pronounce everything out loud.
- Count from one to a hundred.
- Name 20 female names (for any one, and over time, you can complicate the task. For example, call names with a certain letter).
- Name 20 male names.
- Name 20 foods.
- Name 20 words with a certain letter.
- Name 20 animals or birds.
- Count from one to a hundred again.
These exercises are good for people of all ages: children, adults, elderly people.
How else to improve memory and concentration?
A few more tips to improve brain activity and facilitate concentration:
- Do not ignore the importance of sleep, get enough sleep, but do not sleep anymore than the body is required.
- Read literary works. This process expands the vocabulary, increases the amount and level of neural connections and simply brightens up leisure.
- Start teaching a foreign language. To study a foreign language is not only very informative and interesting, but also useful as a prevention from dementia.
- To memorize poems or lyrics. You can do this with the child, or you can simply choose the work of the poet, which is to your liking, and start memorizing poems by heart. It is important not just to call the words, but to understand what the author wanted to say about. If you don't like poetry, then you can read prose and retell the read read out loud.
- Take vitamins or specialized drugs. Before going to the pharmacy, consultation of a specialist is required.
With the first symptoms of insufficient brain function, you should not worry. The situation can still be taken into your own hands and fix it.