How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain? How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain and why men and women need it: useful tips and exercises.

14.04.2019

It is known that left hemisphere is responsible for logical and stage-by-stage thinking, while the right one is responsible for abstractions and creative inclinations. Due to the modern way of society, the vast majority of people are dominated by left-hemisphere thinking, so the right hemisphere requires additional stimulation for the brain to function harmoniously.

One very strange and incomprehensible thing was discovered experimentally: if one of the hemispheres of the brain is completely damaged, a person does not die. This may indicate that a clear division of functions for the right and left hemispheres of the brain is not correct.

Features of the work of the centers of the right hemisphere

It has been proven that the right hemisphere is responsible for the following areas of human life:

Intuitive behavior;
Processing information of a figurative nature;
Orientation in space, assessment of one’s location;
Ability to perceive set individual sounds as a single melody;
Perception of metaphors and figurative meaning of words and sentences;
The ability to dream and fantasize about something;
Creativity in all its forms (especially drawing);
Emotional background (the left also takes part, but less actively);
Sexual desire and the entire intimate process in general;
Perception of any mystical manifestations (even far-fetched ones);
Processing information without observing stages (a picture or action is perceived as a whole, without highlighting individual components, without detail);
Control and coordination of movements of the left half of the body.

It is thanks to the work of the right hemisphere that we can recognize people by their faces, since we perceive the totality of individual appearance features as a single whole.

Right hemisphere brain predominates in people from birth, but with the learning process it begins to harmonize better with the left. The problem is that, as a result, excessive development of the left hemisphere leads to suppression of the right, which explains the need for additional exercises.

The exception to the rule is people who write with their left hand, in whom the right hemisphere predominates. Such individuals need to develop the left hemisphere of the brain. You can learn more about this on the Brainapps website, in one of the blog articles.

Exercises to develop the right hemisphere of the brain

A lot of research is currently underway in which scientists in neurology and psychology are trying to dispel the theory of brain asymmetry. However, since there is not enough data to refute it, it still remains the most optimal. However, there is also not enough data to confirm it.

Parents of a child who want to improve the activity of his right hemisphere, and adults who believe that they lack creativity, must understand that the task is to achieve harmonious functioning of both hemispheres of the brain. Exercises to improve the functioning of the right hemisphere of the brain help suppress the dominance of the left, but they should not inhibit logical and sequential thinking too much.

The simplest exercises for developing the right hemisphere of the brain:

If there is insufficient imagination and imaginative thinking, a visit is recommended art galleries, museums and other creative events;
The development of the right hemisphere of the brain is stimulated by drawing (there is also a “mirror” image technique, when the drawing is reproduced simultaneously with both hands), writing various stories or poems;
To develop the right hemisphere, a right-handed person can perform everyday activities using mainly the left half of the body (this exercise is not suitable for a left-handed person).

A special exercise that stands out is visualization. The methodology for carrying it out is as follows:

A person must present a white sheet of paper with some inscription on it. With the help of your imagination, you can change the color of the letters, the tone and color scheme of the sheet itself several times. The brighter and clearer the picture appears, the better.
The next stage is the presentation of various sounds, starting with your favorite songs and ending with ordinary rain. What matters is not the sound that a person is trying to imagine, but how believably he can do it.
The last stage is touch. The most difficult thing to imagine is not the picture or the chirping of birds, but, for example, the softness of cat fur under your fingers or the roughness of gravel. How stronger than man If you manage to immerse yourself in your own imagination, the more effective the exercise is considered.

In addition to these three parameters, you can visualize smells and tastes.

In performing all of the listed exercises, two parameters are important: systematicity and increasing complexity. Thus, stronger activation of the brain areas of the right hemisphere will be required, which will have a positive effect on its development. The main thing in the training process is not to go too far, but to achieve harmonious interaction between the right and left hemispheres of the human brain. The BrainApps team has prepared for you many games and exercises that will help develop your thinking. All tasks are adjusted in difficulty level to individual abilities and allow you to achieve harmonious development of intelligence.

28 October 2014, 08:48

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Makato Shichida Method

Phenomenal memory, speed reading, absolute ear for music, instant solution the most complex tasks, easy learning - all this is accessible to any child. But for this it is very important to develop the right hemisphere of the brain, says Japanese professor Makato Shichida.

In his books, he writes that from birth to three years of age, a child quickly absorbs information and really wants to learn. Children grow and mature faster than parents think. The human brain begins to develop soon after birth, and by the age of ten, a child's brain is almost 90% developed. In the first three years of a person’s life, the right hemisphere of the brain operates predominantly. Therefore, during this period it is important to regularly stimulate the development of all five senses: vision, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Developing these feelings later will prove incredibly difficult.

It is important to develop the right hemisphere of the brain in the first years of a child’s life, because by the age of three the left hemisphere will become dominant. Shichida believed that this is how in the future it will be possible to achieve synchronous functioning of the brain hemispheres: this is when both the right and left hemispheres act simultaneously. It is believed that brilliant people have such a brain. And, according to Shichida, every parent should believe in their child's potential. In Shichida educational institutions, children quickly and without cramming remember huge amounts of information, improve their sports and musical abilities and even predict future events. And all thanks to the development of the right hemisphere of the brain. The professor believed that the goal of education should not be knowledge that is “pushed” into the child. There is no need to force the development of the left hemisphere of the brain by giving logic problems and encyclopedic knowledge to children under 3 years old. The main thing is to create conditions under which the child’s brain can develop as much as possible, so that the hemispheres of the brain work synchronously. It is very easy for a person with such a brain to learn, so he never has to cram. But this can only be achieved through the initial intensive development of the right hemisphere of the brain.

A little about Makato Shichida Professor Makoto Shichida was born in 1929. He is a member of the International Academy of Education and a certification advisor to the Japanese Mathematical Association. Shichida received his doctorate in education. The professor is famous public figure in Japan and is highly respected for his many contributions to brain research. He has forty years of research and another twenty years of successful practice behind him. Shichida changed people's views on a child's capabilities: he proved that children are endowed from birth with unique abilities that can be developed. Today there are more than 450 Shichida institutions in Japan, as well as branches in Singapore and Malaysia.

What is the Shichida method? This comprehensive classes, aimed at developing the child’s right hemisphere of the brain. It is most effective to do this when this hemisphere is dominant - from birth to 3 years. But doing this is useful for teenagers and even adults. Children in Shichida schools first relax to music with alpha waves, do breathing exercises and exercises to develop imagination, which allows you to activate the right hemisphere of the brain. And immediately after this they begin games to develop extrasensory abilities (telepathy, clairvoyance, intuition), showing flash cards and exercises for photographic memory. Also in Shichida schools, children listen to fairy tales or stories that are heard at an accelerated pace (so fast that at first it is completely unclear what they are talking about): this also develops the right hemisphere of the brain. In addition, this lesson also trains speed reading, because a short story is first read at a normal pace, and then faster and faster. During such an activity, parents leaf through a special book with large print in front of the child. As a rule, a foreign language is a mini-block - they read the book first in their native language, and then in English (or another) language. Further, depending on the school, there may be puzzles, tangrams and creative activities - drawing, modeling, appliqué.

How can you practice the Shichida method at home? First, decide when you will study with your baby. It's better to do it at the same time every day. It’s good if the lesson starts with your favorite song. You sing with your baby, and then you can tell what day of the week it is and what the weather is like.

Next, we carry out point by point: 1. Relaxation to music with “alpha” waves. We turn on the music (it plays throughout the entire lesson), sit down more comfortably, and put the baby on your lap facing you.

2. Breathing exercise: the child needs to blow on a paper bee or butterfly. It is better to update these toys periodically so that the baby does not lose interest. And over time, you can simply blow on imaginary things: let the child imagine a dandelion or snowflakes and blow on them.

3. Exercise “ball of energy”: take a ball of energy in the palm of your hand, roll it like a ball of snow and pour it onto the top of your head. Then we take the ball of energy again, roll it between our palms and drink this energy. It sounds very strange, but this is exactly what they do in Shichida schools. It’s better to watch how this is done in a video posted on YouTube.

4. “Suggestion”: smiling, we quietly say three phrases to the child: “You are special,” “You are loved,” “You can do anything,” or something similar. You don't have to say it exactly like that. The main thing is to convey to the child how much you love him

5.Image training. With the little ones you can simply play a role-playing mini-game: show how the gnome walks, how he eats, how he sleeps. With older children, you can dream: imagine that we got on a train and went to grandma. What kind of pie did grandma bake? With carrots?.. Delicious, probably! And so on.

6. Extrasensory perception training (ExtraSensory Perception): Telepathy exercise - (by this time the child is still sitting on your lap or very close) - the mother needs to imagine a figure of any color and mentally send it to her child, and then ask the baby what he saw. For example: “I’m sending you a circle, what color is it?” Praise your child in any case. Over time, you can telepathize a variety of objects. Intuition exercise - we start with the simplest thing: we ask the child to guess in which hand the bunny is sitting? Under which leaf is the bug hiding? Then we complicate it: we offer three Kinder eggs and ask in which the bear sits and similar tasks. We increase the number of eggs or pictures over time. To begin with, the choice can be made by the parent. There can be as many of these exercises as the child wishes.

7. Gymnastics for the eyes - for the little ones, take a bell and move and ring it up and down, left and right. For older children, gymnastics can be downloaded on the Internet.

8.Flash cards are pictures of the most different topics(e.g. flowers, transport, wild animals). Shichida advises starting with 100 pieces. We show each card for no more than 1 second. The optimal option is 0.5 seconds, which, of course, is not easy, because you must have time to name the card. Fast display is important because it is at high speed that the right hemisphere of the brain is activated. And you need to name the card for the time-to-time connection of the left hemisphere - this is how the synchronization of the brain hemispheres occurs. It must be remembered that the purpose of flash cards is not encyclopedic knowledge. The same sets of cards can be shown no earlier than six months later and no more than three times. In Shichida schools, the cards are paper, but at home it would be difficult for one family to produce so many cards. Therefore, today many parents make flash cards in the form of computer presentations. It is worth mentioning mathematics according to Shichida. It is similar to Glenn Doman's manual, but there are some important differences. For example, Shichida advises showing the card for no more than 0.5 seconds, and in examples showing only the answer card. So, the teacher says: “two plus two equals (quickly shows a card with four dots) four.” Shichida also believes that you can show anything as dots - butterflies, elephants, etc. In general, do everything to maintain the child’s interest.

9.Games to develop photographic memory. Similar pictures (Photo memory). This game requires pictures that are slightly different from each other. For example, on one there is a drawing of a gnome in a blue cap, and on the other - in a red one. For a split second we show the child one of the pictures (preferably A4 format), and then we show both and ask which one he has already seen. Place it correctly (Spacememory). You need to show any pictures (small in size) placed on the “grid”: for starters, these can be three pictures placed on a strip divided into three equal parts. We show it for no more than 1 second, and then ask the child to put those pictures in their places. For the little ones: show the bear his house, etc. Find a new picture (Flashmemory). We very quickly show and name several pictures (start with three). And then we lay out these pictures in front of the child + another one that the baby has not yet seen. The task is to point to this picture or name it. Who's hiding? We also show the pictures very quickly, then lay out all but one of them in front of the child, and he tries to remember which picture is missing. Mandala. This is a picture usually in the form of any geometric figure. A mandala can be simple - a blue triangle with a yellow circle inside, or it can be very complex - for example, a circle with different figures drawn inside. child in in this case Looks at the mandala for 1-5 seconds, and then on the same, but colorless mandala, notes with pencils how it was colored. Absurd history or memory “chain” (Linkingmemory). Needs to be recreated funny story in pictures. From a set of cards (3 pieces to begin with), mom makes up a story like: a crow jumped into a river that smelled like a rose. Accordingly, in front of the child there are pictures - a crow, a river and a rose. First, the mother tells the story 1-2 times, and then shuffles the cards, and the child tries to remember the plot. In Shichida schools, over time, children begin to remember the location of hundreds of pictures just by looking at them once. And they do this without any history.

10. Classes on color perception, ear for music, development of tactile sensations, smell recognition games, poetry and creative activities. All this can be done immediately after the main block. On the Internet you can find a lot of examples of how you can develop hearing, smell, color perception and touch.

11. “Suggestion” described above completes the lesson. At the end, you can sing your favorite song together again. Shichida advises doing this for 30-40 minutes a day. And the rest of the time let the child play. Professor Shichida believed that the most important things in these lessons were the activities described in points 1 to 6 inclusive. AND special meaning for the development of the right hemisphere is imagination training. And when the latter is developed, you can easily develop photographic memory, unique mathematical, and even extrasensory abilities. Also very an important condition Success lies in a trusting and close relationship between the baby and the parents, because it is very important to relax before the lesson.

The Shichida method is just beginning to gain popularity in Russia. It is still difficult to judge how suitable it is for children with our mentality. For example, not every parent will want to develop telepathy and clairvoyance in their child. But this is not a reason to completely abandon the method, because the right hemisphere can be developed without extrasensory perception.

Leave for a more mature age (3-4 years) the study of numbers and letters and other similar activities that stimulate the premature development of the left hemisphere of the brain. Teach your child to play role playing games with substitute toys (for example, a cube can temporarily become a train, and a pencil can become a spoon) - this develops imagination, which is very useful. Dream more often with your child, imagining how you will go to the sea or go to the zoo. Use simple sentences, describing what you will do and what you will see. The child will imagine, and this is nothing more than imagination training or image training. It is also very useful to give the child objects from birth, both to the right and to the left hand. Teach your baby to eat and draw with both his left and right hands. To synchronize the hemispheres of the brain, you can draw with both hands at once. For example, playing the piano is very useful in this regard. Listen to music, sing, dance, play with tactile bags, inhale different smells, try different tastes, study shades of colors, engage in creativity - this will allow you to develop the right hemisphere of your brain well.

And again the same thing only in different words)))

Makoto Shichida is a Japanese professor, member of the International Academy of Education, who has developed a unique methodology early development children. In 1998, he was awarded the World Peace Prize for his contributions to brain research. His technique is in great demand abroad (more than 460 centers have been opened in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, and the USA), and on the contrary, it is not popularized at all in Russia.

On the Internet you will not find a single more or less complete article devoted to his methodology, or even a printed translation of the book. The only books available are in Japanese, English and Spanish. A group of active mothers translated one of the books literally in fragments, and this is all that a Russian parent can rely on.

Let's try to briefly talk about Professor Makoto Shichida and describe his methodology. Moreover, once you recognize it, you will either completely include it in preschool education your child, or borrow some exercises and activities from it - but it will not leave anyone indifferent, that’s for sure.

PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION Basic principles of Makoto Shichida's methodology Current pre-school education has one significant drawback - it is based solely on the activation of the left hemisphere of the brain, responsible for logic and analysis. The right hemisphere, responsible for everything unconscious, intuitive, esoteric, does not receive due attention. There are a number of textbooks on right-hemisphere development, but you won’t find them in classical kindergartens or schools.

Contrary to generally accepted doctrine, Makoto Shichida argues that in children under 6 years of age, the right hemisphere is dominant. There are significant advantages to this. If the left hemisphere constantly gets rid of old information, simply put, deletes it, then in the right hemisphere nothing disappears without a trace. It is like an archive that you can always use. Moreover, borrowing terms from musicology, the tempo of the left hemisphere can be defined as adagio (slow), the tempo of the right hemisphere as prestissimo (very fast). Accordingly, the latter absorbs information much more effectively.

Makoto Shichida however says, “When the right and left hemispheres are well developed, the child will have high level potential, the child will be able to exceed all our expectations and show his best strengths. Such children quickly remember huge amounts of information and remember what they read or saw with accuracy, and all the information is understandable to them.” This is confirmed by research by scientists at Harvard University, who discovered that in outstanding figures both hemispheres are equally developed.

In addition, all children, according to Makado Shichida, are geniuses from birth and have deep potential hidden in them. By educating children under six years of age and developing their right hemisphere of the brain, you can contribute to their development in creative direction, develop intuition, fast reading, math skills, photographic memory, ability to learn multiple languages.

What is within the control of children is not within the control of adults. As you know, everything in the world has its own signals. Even things emit signals at a certain frequency. Children can pick up the “other” alpha signals on which telepathy, clairvoyance and other paranormal phenomena are based. Makoto Shichida gives a simple example.

After an illness, the girl is going to go to kindergarten. At the same time, she informs her parents that she best friend will not be in the kindergarten, but a new pupil will come. That's how it all turned out.

Relatively speaking, the event containing these actions had already taken shape in the world and sent a signal. The girl just caught the right signal.

In addition to the five senses of the left hemisphere known to us (vision, taste, hearing, smell, touch), there is also a sixth sense belonging to the right hemisphere. It includes:

telepathy (the ability to transmit thoughts or feelings at a distance to other beings, without the use of technical means); clairvoyance (obtaining information about an event or object without the participation of traditionally known sense organs); psychometry (the presumed ability to communicate information about an object or its owner through contact with it); foresight (the ability, the ability to foresee the future, to predict what is going to happen, to come); spiritual strength (energy). If a child’s right hemisphere is fully developed, then he is subject to:

remembering information through images, speed reading, unique computational abilities, the ability to accurately determine the pitch of sounds without relating them to other sounds of known pitch ( musical feature right hemisphere) ability to acquire language (language ability of the right hemisphere) Play a piece of music from memory after hearing it only once! Read the volume of War and Peace in less than an hour! Master a couple of foreign languages by the age of 6! This all becomes clear and easily explained with the help of Makoto Shichida’s technique.

The development of the right hemisphere is aimed not only at academic success. The main thing is that children develop a calm, receptive mind to everything new.

The task of parents, according to Shichida, is to activate the right hemisphere, with the help of which the child in later life will be able to learn anything quickly and easily, with practically no effort.

As Shichida writes,

A child under five years old can easily absorb huge amount information.

A child under four years old will do this easier and more efficiently.

A child under three years old will do this much easier and much more effectively.

A child under two years old will do this most in an efficient way and it will be easier for him.

PRESCHOOL EDUCATION: How a lesson is structured at school Makoto Shichida

A typical lesson at Makoto Shichida's school lasts about 50 minutes. The group consists of 4-6 children.

Each lesson includes a preparatory stage aimed at activating the right hemisphere. These techniques are well known to those who practice yoga. They help remove the dominance of the left hemisphere.

The preparatory stage consists of working with:

contemplation - children should relax, calm down, closing their eyes; breathing - children should adjust their breathing to deep and slow; suggestion and positive attitude. Activities replace each other quickly, in less than 5 minutes. One of the parents must be present at the classes.

Students take part in more than ten different games per lesson, namely, greeting, various games, singing and dancing, riddles, learning the alphabet and numbers, etc. Mothers help children.

PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION: Exercises to establish a harmonious relationship with a child Absolutely everyone can introduce elements of Makoto Shichida’s methodology into pre-school education. But it is important to remember that without love nothing will work out. Shichida himself admits that “love is the most important element in the upbringing and development of children.” We all know about this, but sometimes we forget.

Makoto Shichida offers simple exercises for parents and children that will help the former to express their love correctly, and the latter to feel it fully.

Tight 8 Second Hug

Ask your child to help you, for example, wash the dishes. After your child completes this task, hug him tightly and praise him: “Thank you for helping! You really helped me! I love you very much!” And hold in your arms for 8 seconds. Once you do this, your love will reach the child's heart. You will see that there will be no trace left of the former whims. True, the 8-second hug exercise is one of many for developing a harmonious relationship between you, the parent, and the child.

Listen carefully to what your child is telling you

Listen to your conversation with your child, who dominates it? Makoto Shichida emphasizes that the conversation should not be one-sided. Otherwise, the child may feel unwanted and become withdrawn. Know how to not only listen, but also hear. It is important for children to be understood. Apply the “echo method” tactic, based on the fact that the adult tries to put himself in the child’s place, tries to feel his experiences.

Let's take a simple conversation to illustrate:

Mom, Katya is bad. - Yes, Katya is bad. What did she do to you? - She hit me. - She hit you. Why did she hit you?

Thus, the parent repeats the words after the child as an echo. There should be no edifying words or moralizing in the conversation.

“5 Minutes” Tuning Method

The attunement method called “5 minutes” is truly a lifesaver for parents who want to correct their child’s behavior and get rid of some negative aspects: reluctance to go to kindergarten, thumb sucking, laziness, etc.

5 minutes is the time after the baby has fallen asleep and his conscious mind has fallen asleep. But the subconscious is awake and working. Therefore, it is very effective to take advantage of this time and work on a subconscious level.

For example, a child does not want to go to kindergarten. Then the mother begins to whisper to the preschooler who has just fallen asleep the following words: “….(child’s name), you are now a big girl, you are already 2 years old. You are 2 years old and therefore you will no longer cry when you go to kindergarten. You are obedient and cheerful, you listen to your mother and your mother loves you very much. Now sleep soundly. You feel great. Sleep healthy sleep until tomorrow morning, wake up in good mood, tomorrow will be a good day. You see, you can sleep soundly, you can sleep such a sweet dream.”

In his book, Makoto Shichida notes the success of this exercise. All the mothers who turned to him with certain problems that worried them soon reported positive dynamics. One child stopped sucking his thumb within a week, another – three days later he happily went to kindergarten

PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION: Practical lessons using the Makoto Shichida method Showing pictures

Every day you show your child about 100-150 pictures/slides with different images. No more than half a second is allotted for one picture. Mom must voice what is shown in the picture. There are three types of images:

an image without a caption, an image with a caption, an image with only a word - they are allocated no more than 10% of the total presentation. It must be said that this exercise requires a lot of physical effort - cards should not be repeated day after day! The minimum time after which you can resume displaying already familiar cards is 4 months. Makoto Shichida discovered that quickly flashing cards/slides helps to disconnect from the usual perception of information and move to another level - intuitive. We hesitate a little, and the brain transfers information to the left hemisphere, which begins to analyze the received information.

Game of telepathy

Young children have telepathic abilities. Makoto Shichida offers a number of exercises to support these unique child abilities.

Hold your child tightly and say, “I love you. You and I are one.”

Then imagine a red square in your mind and mentally send it to your child, commenting: “Mom has imagined the color in her head and is sending it to you. You can see it. Now close your eyes, catch this color and name it to me.” The child can easily guess the intended color.

Next time, play telepathy without touching the child. The result will be the same.

Memory games

You will need cards with different pictures. You can use elements from lotto. Start with two cards - come up with some absurd story. For example, “the dog was riding a bicycle.” Then mix the cards and invite the child to reconstruct the chain of events. That is, you need to put a card with a picture of a dog first, and a card with a picture of a bicycle second. Gradually, you can increase the number of cards to 50. At this point, the child will be able to remember the sequence as a single image - at first sight, without words.

Another exercise is called mandara (instant memory). The child looks at the mandar card for about 5 seconds, closes his eyes for 5 seconds. He looks at the card again and closes his eyes again.

The child must schematically note which colors were present in the picture.

This method is based on the fact that the retina of the eye retains the image it sees for some time.

Exercises to see images

One of the methods that will help a child SEE images is called “tension - relaxation”. This method is widely used in theater studios. The child is asked to imagine himself as one or another object. For example, become as hard as a log. Then become soft as a feather.

As Makoto Shichida notes, after a while the child shows amazing results: he can visualize and hear various images, such as color, sound, etc.

You can also develop the ability to see images using orange cards. For this we need an orange sheet of paper. Glue a blue circle with a diameter of 2 centimeters in the center of the sheet. Let the child close his eyes and calm down. Let him breathe slowly and deeply at first. Then take a deep breath for eight seconds, hold your breath for eight seconds and exhale deeply for eight seconds. These breathing exercises should be repeated three times. After this, the child breathes calmly - he is relaxed.

Place the orange sheet at a distance of 30 centimeters from the child's eyes. Tell him to stare at the paper for 30 seconds.

After he closes his eyes, he will see the afterimage. 4 types of afterimages that he will see:

blue the center will look like orange; will see only blue color; will see instead of blue in the center another color, another shape (for example, a square); will see the blue color in the center and will be able to change it in any way. The goal of learning is to see yourself in an image. The child will achieve this goal if he can imagine himself. Games for learning speed reading

A short story must be read several times within a minute. Aesop's fables are suitable for learning speed reading. Then ask the child to close the book and write from memory what he just read.

Example of a story. North wind and sun.

One day the north wind and the sun quarreled. And they agreed: whoever makes the traveler take off his clothes wins. The north wind blew, but in vain. The sun was shining with all its might. “It’s so hot, I can’t stand it,” said the traveler. He took off his clothes and jumped into the water.

When your child finishes writing, check to see if he or she wrote correctly by also checking the punctuation.

It is possible that he will not remember everything at once. Then have him read again for one minute and write down what he read.

Author - Maria Danilenko

The brain is the most important organ of our body. From him proper operation depends on the condition of all organs and the person as a whole. Both hemispheres of the brain work in the system, but each of them has its own functions. The better the hemispheres interact, the more harmonious human development is.

Brain work

Left hemisphere

Main function – logical thinking. That is, in the left hemisphere the information received is analyzed and conclusions are drawn. The data is processed in stages. Literal understanding of the meaning of expressions.

Recognize mathematical symbols and numbers, solve problems based on calculations.

Coordination of movements of the right-sided parts of the body.

Right hemisphere

Processing information obtained not directly, but through the perception of images, symbols, signs. That is, for intuition.

Orientation in space and location determination.

Ability to understand figurative expressions - for example, metaphors.

Opportunity to penetrate musical works. But the left hemisphere is responsible for learning music.

The ability to dream, invent, imagine, compose, draw.

Emotional state.

Getting pleasure from sexual relations. An opportunity to indulge in sensations.

Mystical abilities, religiosity, fanaticism.

Face recognition.

The ability to see the situation in general.

Coordination of movements of the left-sided parts of the body.

Mind training: methods, exercises

The hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different processes. Some have well-developed logic, while others have intuition. But for the harmonious development of personality, both hemispheres must work well and harmoniously. After all, what’s the use of a good analytical mind if you can’t come up with anything new? Or, conversely, have many ideas, but do not implement them due to inconsistent actions.

Scientists have proven that hands - best tool brain improvement. Not in vain for development fine motor skills Children receive increased attention. If both hands work, then both hemispheres interact.

Music is ideal. So, to perceive music, one hemisphere works, and to learn to play an instrument, the other. And playing, for example, the piano, during which both hands work in coordination - best workout both hemispheres.

There are a number of exercises to train your brain. Suitable for both children and adults.
Exercises:

The right hand is placed on the tip of the nose, the left hand on the right ear; then they make a clap with their hands and change places: with the left hand they take the nose, with the right hand they take the left ear.
With both hands at the same time they try to draw mirror, symmetrical patterns or write letters.
Perform an exercise from the complex morning exercises: left hand to the right raised leg and vice versa.
fingers make a ring, connecting the thumb with the rest in turn. Do it as quickly as possible, from index finger to the little finger and in the opposite direction. First with one hand, then with both.
You need to name out loud as quickly as possible the color in which the word is written.

These exercises perfectly train the brain and improve communication between the hemispheres.

And to understand how adaptable our brain is, try reading the text:

How to awaken your intuition and clairvoyance?

You can develop intuition and even clairvoyance through the development of the right hemisphere.

Let us note that from birth children have a more developed right hemisphere, because they perceive the world only through sensations.

Intuitive perception is based on images, symbols, and subtle details. What a person notices without recording it in his consciousness. But in the subconscious, these facts are stored and processed, and this is how intuitive guesses are obtained.

Next. Indeed, recent research indicates that these abilities can be developed.

Entire teachings are based on the opinion that there is a huge sea of information around us and around us. You just need to find the path to the information you need.

A “porridge” of thoughts is constantly cooking in our heads. This prevents the receipt of external information. But if you manage to stop the dialogue within yourself, then the brain tunes in to external environment. And, in the form of images, sounds, symbols or knowledge, a person can receive the necessary information from the information world.

So, if you set yourself a goal - to achieve clairvoyance, then you will have to work hard on yourself. The tasks are aimed at developing the right hemisphere of the brain. After all, in everyday life Mostly the left one works.

Stages of clairvoyance development:

It is necessary to stimulate the work of the right hemisphere of the brain. Well, if a person is creatively developed, this means that the right hemisphere is already dominant. Otherwise, you need to work on yourself.
Try to perceive any object without words, relying only on images, associations, feelings, sensations. For example, what sensations arise when you see an orange.
Stop the train of thought in your head. That is, you need to learn to stop thinking for a while. Meditation techniques will help with this. If the experience is successful, our brain will be freed and will be ready to accept information from the outside.

To successfully turn off thoughts, you need:

relax;
take a comfortable position;
concentrate on one thought or contemplate one object;
You can listen to music, better without words.

If the instructions are followed correctly, a trance state will occur at some point.

And finally, the most difficult thing will be to understand and accept yourself. Realize that you are the one who deserves to control your life. You need to believe in yourself, because unbelief blocks the flow of information.

You may get the impression that it is better to study in all alone so that no one is distracted. But practice proves the opposite. The fact is that inanimate objects do not have such strong energy as people. When working with a person, it is much easier to grasp the information coming from him.

Here are some collective exercises to develop the abilities of the right hemisphere:

Each participant writes their data on paper.
While writing, you need to imagine how the piece of paper is charged with personal energy. Then the papers are folded and mixed.
Everyone takes one for themselves. And, without opening it, he tries to feel the personality of the writer. That is, you need to describe the sensations that arise from the folded sheet. This could be a feeling of cold, warmth, anger... There could also be visual or sound images.
Then the sheet unfolds and the person’s personality and the image that they felt are compared.

The next exercise is based on tactile sensations.

One of the participants has their eyes closed. And one by one the others come up and touch him: either they put their hands in his hands, or touch his forehead, or the back of his head. And the subject needs to feel the information flow emanating from the person.
At the beginning of classes you just need to try to feel, without analysis. Over time, various sensations will develop into a specific image.
The exercise is aimed at calibrating the internal clock. You need to detect a certain time interval - a minute, two, five. Then, with your eyes closed, without counting, determine the same period. This should be done until the biological clock aligns with real time.
If your internal clock is in a hurry, you are bothered by a feeling of anxiety, and when it lags behind, you are not confident in yourself.
After elimination internal problems, you will be able to tune in to the desired wave.
Develop motor skills of the left side of the body. Try to perform actions with your left hand.

Left hemisphere development

We live in an age of logic. People most often rely on facts, numbers, evidence, research. And intuition creative perception are in the background. That is why so much is said about the development of the left hemisphere.

For harmonious personality development, both hemispheres of the brain must work well. But if developed emotional sphere and logical perception does not work well, you need to delicately help the “lagging” hemisphere. What to do if the right dominates?

Peculiarities of thinking in children

In children, the right hemisphere is initially dominant. The left hemisphere begins to work after a year, closer to two. When does a child develop speech? Around this time, modern parents send their children to development schools with a wide variety of profiles.

If a child's development of the left hemisphere is delayed, it is difficult for him in society. How to help your child in this case:

The main exercises in this case will be games aimed at developing the baby’s speech and expanding vocabulary.
We need to teach children to express their thoughts in words, so it will be easier for them to interact with other people.
Role-playing games are no less important. With the help of such classes, you can simply and easily teach your child how to behave in a hospital, school, or store; explain what people do different professions and much more.

You should not get carried away with the development of only the left hemisphere. Along with intelligence, you need to pay attention to physical development, and not forget about creativity.

What about adults?

The left hemisphere performs the most important functions. It is very important that logical thinking is developed at the proper level. This is especially true for adults, because any work requires the use of logic.

To develop the left hemisphere, you can perform exercises:

Practice solving problems in logic and mathematics every day. More the better.
Solving crossword puzzles is also a great exercise for the left hemisphere of the brain.
Try to perform most actions with your right hand.

Synchronicity in the work of the left and right hemispheres is very important for the comprehensive development of a person. After all, their functions do not replace, but complement each other. It's never too late to improve your brain function. Scientists have proven that it is possible to develop even after 60 years.

For normal functioning, the brain, like the entire body as a whole, needs to be trained. Especially with age. As you know, the human brain uses its working potential to a maximum of 10%. People often notice that it becomes more difficult to assimilate the information they receive over time.

But there are a lot of situations when this is necessary. For example, responsibilities at work or even new position, specialty, moving to another country, which requires mandatory knowledge local language, and so on. All these changes sometimes require turning on the brain to the fullest. However, a person often notices that other than stupor and fatigue, his attempts lead to nothing. What to do in such a situation? How to develop the brain, or rather, increase its potential?

Reading

As you know, every person has two hemispheres - left and right. Eat general techniques for development, as well as special exercises aimed at training a certain part of it. How to develop the left hemisphere of the brain? The simplest and in an accessible way is reading. Thanks to the book, visual memory develops and replenishes vocabulary, the nervous system calms down, the ability to concentrate increases. In addition, horizons broaden and literacy improves qualitatively. Since the left hemisphere is responsible for the ability to read, this can be considered great exercise for his training.

Language learning

How to develop your brain? You can start studying foreign language. This knowledge not only activates the “main computer” of the body, but also contributes to the expansion of personal abilities.

For example, knowing at least a little language, you can visit the corresponding country, get acquainted with its culture, and make interesting acquaintances. By the way, people who are able to speak even different dialects are less likely to develop diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and others.

Unusual ways of doing ordinary activities

How to develop your brain? Doing ordinary things in an unusual way is beneficial for the body as a whole. For example, reading text upside down. At first it will puzzle your brain, but after a while it will seem not such a difficult task. It is also useful to introduce variety into absolutely everything that surrounds a person. You should change your route from home to work more often and rearrange your home. Explore new places.

How to develop your brain in the usual ways? Now we'll tell you. As it turned out, this is not particularly difficult. The next level of training contains special exercises that have a specific effect on the hemispheres of the brain. But first you need to figure out who is responsible for what, as they say. Hemisphere right side perceives data in the form of images and symbols, is responsible for fantasy, musical abilities, creativity, as well as sexual activity.

To train it, there are simple and fun exercises that even children can do. The first is to alternately grab the lobe of the opposite ear with your left hand, and your nose with your right hand, then vice versa. Here's how to develop your right brain. If this method turns out to be too easy, you can complicate the task. To do this, you need to add clap to your hands between changing sides.

Draw with both hands

Now let's look at how to develop the brain, both hemispheres at once.

We will describe the second exercise. For it you will need a sheet of paper and a pencil. If a person is right-handed, then you should start drawing with your leading hand. You can write letters, draw patterns and whatever you want. The second hand should almost simultaneously repeat the pattern in symmetrical reflection. It is better to start with simpler options and gradually complicate the task.

Games

How to develop the hemispheres of the brain with games aimed at coordination? A simple exercise is familiar to many from childhood and is called the “ring”. To do this, you need to connect the thumb of one hand with the index finger of the other. And vice versa. While moving your fingers in this way, the speed should be gradually increased. This is a simpler version of the exercise.

If it seems easy, you can try to complicate it. To do this, to thumb One hand must alternately place the index, middle, ring and little fingers, forming a ring. Games that develop the brain not only help to activate the thinking process, but also provide variety during leisure time. After all, there is nothing difficult in performing such exercises.

Fun activity

How to develop the brain? Also fun entertainment, and at the same time an effective movement, is the simultaneous stroking of the stomach with one hand and tapping on the head with the other, familiar to many from childhood.

This is another way of developing the brain, designed for children too. You can perform this movement at speed by organizing fun competitions. By the way, laughter and humor are an excellent and effective way to improve brain activity, as well as the general condition of the body. It turns out that useful things are simple and pleasant.

Developing the left hemisphere

How to develop the left hemisphere of the brain? This topic should be considered in more detail. To begin with short excursion, what this area is responsible for. The left hemisphere is actively involved in processing information received in the form of numbers and signs. This information is then subject to step-by-step analysis. Most people on the planet write with their right hand. So, the left lobe of the brain is responsible for this order of things.

To develop it, you should solve mathematical or logical problems every day. Alternatively, stop using a calculator and do the math in your head. By the way, representatives of past generations were deprived of all kinds of creations of computer technology, so until old age they had a clear mind and excellent memory. How much did it cost to remember the long-distance numbers of all relatives, but notebook was not always at hand.

Crossword puzzles and games

Also in a good way is solving crossword puzzles, especially since it perfectly activates the memory. Next, it’s good to do familiar things with your right arm and leg. This may seem difficult for lefties, but that is the essence of the exercise.

There are also games that develop the brain. Moreover, many of them can be taken from a number of familiar ones. This technique is excellent for left-handed people, as it will be more effective due to the unusual position. For example, a great game is badminton. The racket should be taken in right hand and work only for her. At first it may seem difficult, but after a while the brain will get used to it and begin to follow commands. The movements will be more coordinated. Suitable games will also be table tennis, bowling and others.

An excellent game that also perfectly develops brain activity, especially the left hemisphere, are chess. Thinking through a strategy and calculating probable moves effectively activate the work of the “main computer”.

Methods

How to develop the brain of a child and an adult? There are several other methods. These include:

In order for the brain to work well, do not forget about good nutrition and proper drinking regime. Also, quality rest and 7-8 hours of sleep are important for productive activity.

In conclusion

Now you know how to develop your brain. As you can see, there are many methods. Therefore, do not forget to develop it. Good luck!

It is known that the brain consists of the right and left hemispheres and nerve pathways from sensory organs pass to them. The right hemisphere regulates left side body, the left corresponds to the right side.

The left hemisphere divides the picture into parts, details, analyzes them, builds diagrams, cause-and-effect relationships. It works quite slowly and specializes in verbal processing of information. This is where the speech centers are located.

The right hemisphere covers the entire picture, looking at complete image, processes information contained in images and symbols. The right side of the brain acts quickly.

The left hemisphere is considered inductive, analytical, algorithmic, sequential. He is characterized by logical and rational thinking. It determines the ability to write and read.

The right hemisphere is considered deductive, emotional and holistic. He is creative, intuitive and imaginative thinking. It helps us to fantasize and dream. Most of the outstanding creators - musicians, great artists, poets, etc. – people with a predominant right hemisphere.

IN modern world"left-hemisphere" people prevail and in our culture training is designed for them.

Exercises to develop the right hemisphere of the brain

The development of the brain hemispheres opens up great opportunities for each of us. Therefore, at least sometimes it’s worth trying to work with them.

By developing the hemispheres of your brain, you will find new facets in yourself. A “left-hemisphere” person will eventually have new ideas, while a “right-hemisphere” person will be able to realize all his plans.