It became known how to preserve the ideal memory until old age

Scientists have identified several effective ways that will help people to save and even improve memory, despite the age. So, the head of the Institute of the human brain. Bekhtereva RAS Svyatoslav Medvedev believes that clear memory can be trained - and for this there are a few simple recommendations.

1. One should try to memorize information - for example, to teach one quatrain daily. A more difficult way is to stop using notebooks, and try to memorize phone numbers, names, dates. The essence of this recommendation is that the availability of notebooks, computers, etc. Allows the brain to relax, and as a result, the information we need is perceived as not necessary for memorization.
2. It is desirable to engage in some kind of creative activity, since only such activity allows stimulating brain work. It is not necessary to confuse creativity and ordinary intellectual work. Creativity does not have an algorithm - it's complete freedom of mind, a flight of fantasy, which is, in a way, a "brain massage".
3. It is equally useful to study foreign languages - just as a hobby, without forcing yourself. This option of mental activity is considered an excellent prevention of senile dementia - a person hears new sounds, speaks new words, memorizes, combines, and - gets results!
4. You need to make a proper schedule of the day to be able to get enough sleep. Scientists say that in a dream the brain sorts the information received for the day and places it from the short-term memory sector into the long-term sector. But these processes occur only when the sleep is strong and sufficient.
5. If you like to play computer games, then you need to do this right, choosing developmental and "thinking" programs. Games with a primitive storyline, banal "serealkami" and natatannye schemes destroy the brain.
6. Of course, it is recommended to read books for high-quality brain work. The fact is that only books allow a person to "think out" a plot, mentally draw images, analyze the actions and characters of characters. It helps to develop imagination and logic.

7. And one more tip: be socially active. It is observed that lonely people are more likely than others to develop age-related dementia. Contact with society is very important for normal brain activity of a person. Communication is not only the exchange of information, but also participation in non-standard situations, fulfillment of social responsibilities, forecasting the actions of other people. Human interaction is a complex psychophysical phenomenon capable of preserving and even restoring the psyche.

Scientists insist that memory should be trained. This is especially true in the modern world, when around there is a mass of adaptations that "unload" the human brain. The question as a whole consists not only in learning to memorize, but also in the fact that, if necessary, "pull out" of its own head the necessary information.

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