1. PRACTICING SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
Aerobic physical exercise, which involves breathing, benefits brain capacities.
It reduces the loss of brain volume in old age, especially in the hippocampus, involved in memory and learning.
2. TRAIN THE MEMORY
Any task that requires the retention for a time of auditory or visual information in order to use it, is exercising the memory and is a form of mental training. It is important to find the balance between demanding but possible to do so as not to frustrate us.
3. LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE
It consists of not settling in, if we don’t do new things that pose a challenge, we don’t exercise the mind. Learn to play an instrument, sudoku, word search or play chess.
4. THE READING
It is one of the most effective forms of mental training, low cost and with great benefits.
Reading involves many mental processes such as perception, memory and reasoning.
Reading can unleash the imagination, promote creativity and help learn new vocabulary. It is a way to continue learning in a pleasant and fun way.
5. LIVING IN COMPLEX AND ENRICHED ENVIRONMENTS
An enriched environment would be one that is full of novelty and complexity, an environment in which there are changes and force us to adapt.
6. ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY
Music, painting, dance or theater are activities that promote creativity and are also hobbies that can be done in free time, fighting a sedentary lifestyle.
Carrying out this type of activity helps to induce greater mental flexibility and originality, associating with the activation of specific neural networks.
7. LEARN LANGUAGES
Language is one of the most complex higher functions and involves more areas of the cerebral cortex. Learning a new language is a good form of mental training.
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