Shall we, today, think about our own brain, the source of all our progress, our knowledge and certainly the reality that makes our dreams come true?
Our brain is certainly the most amazing thing that we possess and it is more powerful and capable than any super computer man could ever make, or will ever make.
But we all have certain misconception about it, and I could correct some of it and I like to share it with you too.
Now we know that training can boost intelligence! That is we can train our brains and develop its powers to such greater heights that you will be wonderstruck someday. Yes, it is possible to train our brains to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower we had at birth.
Until, now it had been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience is innate and cannot be taught. But now it has been proven that the fluid intelligence can be taught and increased.
The key to improving intelligence is carefully structured training in working memory--- the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it. You may have this experience, you may be dialing continually for gas refill and you go on dialing the number and you learn it and repeat the dialing but forget the moment you get through the call. To call the gas agency again, you need to look up your diary. This type of memory is related to fluid intelligence and appears to rely on the same brain circuitry.
A group of scientists conducted a study to establish this fact. Firs they measured the fluid intelligence of four groups of volunteers using standard test. Then they trained each in a memory task, a variation on Concentration, the child’s card game, in which they memorized simultaneously presented auditory and visual stimuli that they had to recall later.
The game was set up so that as the participants succeeded, the tasks became harder, and as they failed, tasks became easier (RNs are familiar with this type of test as NCLEX follows a similar test pattern). This assured a high level of difficulty but not as if in a printed question paper, and not so high as to destroy the motivation to keep working.
The four groups underwent training for half an hour daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days respectively and at the end of the 19th day they measured the fluid intelligence again, and believe me, the results were striking!
The intelligence level in the trained volunteers was much more than what it was before the training and also the trainers too noted that by giving training their intelligence level too increased.
Intelligence has always been considered principally an immutable inherited trait, but now we know we can certainly increase our intelligence with appropriate training.
So please keep on learning new things and especially languages. Keep on improving the languages you already know, for example, English. Polish and improve your grammatical ability and try to read as much as possible in English. Take up short term courses related to your profession, or learn technical things such as Computer Applications or simply participate in debates etc. Healthy interaction with others and sharing your view points on different subjects can help you increase your intelligence.
And for your children engage them in as many activities as possible, but make sure they enjoy them too. The abacus training is a great tool to develop intelligence in children. Learn driving, learn to type, any of these activities increase your brain activity and so your intelligence and such activities can make your brain really active and young and as a result your body too remains young and healthy.
Hope you enjoyed reading this article and I request you to keep on visiting my blog site regularly for many other useful articles.
Our brain is certainly the most amazing thing that we possess and it is more powerful and capable than any super computer man could ever make, or will ever make.
But we all have certain misconception about it, and I could correct some of it and I like to share it with you too.
Now we know that training can boost intelligence! That is we can train our brains and develop its powers to such greater heights that you will be wonderstruck someday. Yes, it is possible to train our brains to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower we had at birth.
Until, now it had been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience is innate and cannot be taught. But now it has been proven that the fluid intelligence can be taught and increased.
The key to improving intelligence is carefully structured training in working memory--- the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it. You may have this experience, you may be dialing continually for gas refill and you go on dialing the number and you learn it and repeat the dialing but forget the moment you get through the call. To call the gas agency again, you need to look up your diary. This type of memory is related to fluid intelligence and appears to rely on the same brain circuitry.
A group of scientists conducted a study to establish this fact. Firs they measured the fluid intelligence of four groups of volunteers using standard test. Then they trained each in a memory task, a variation on Concentration, the child’s card game, in which they memorized simultaneously presented auditory and visual stimuli that they had to recall later.
The game was set up so that as the participants succeeded, the tasks became harder, and as they failed, tasks became easier (RNs are familiar with this type of test as NCLEX follows a similar test pattern). This assured a high level of difficulty but not as if in a printed question paper, and not so high as to destroy the motivation to keep working.
The four groups underwent training for half an hour daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days respectively and at the end of the 19th day they measured the fluid intelligence again, and believe me, the results were striking!
The intelligence level in the trained volunteers was much more than what it was before the training and also the trainers too noted that by giving training their intelligence level too increased.
Intelligence has always been considered principally an immutable inherited trait, but now we know we can certainly increase our intelligence with appropriate training.
So please keep on learning new things and especially languages. Keep on improving the languages you already know, for example, English. Polish and improve your grammatical ability and try to read as much as possible in English. Take up short term courses related to your profession, or learn technical things such as Computer Applications or simply participate in debates etc. Healthy interaction with others and sharing your view points on different subjects can help you increase your intelligence.
And for your children engage them in as many activities as possible, but make sure they enjoy them too. The abacus training is a great tool to develop intelligence in children. Learn driving, learn to type, any of these activities increase your brain activity and so your intelligence and such activities can make your brain really active and young and as a result your body too remains young and healthy.
Hope you enjoyed reading this article and I request you to keep on visiting my blog site regularly for many other useful articles.
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