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We probably don't know how the knowledge of science can improve our reading, teaching or any work even if we are a student, teacher, housewife, parent or workaholic businessman, these simple rules will explain to us what conditions our brain works best and how can we use these rules to transform our daily life.
Rule # 1: - Our brain is a survival organ
Our mind is made to solve the problems of the outdoor environment of changing all the time. Just because we are not stronger than a big animal, then all our strength is our brain i.e. how we learn from our mistakes and live in order, cooperate with others, this ability to understand each other has been a survival strategy for years. In today's time, if anyone does n't feel safe with their teacher, boss, colleagues in school, office, or any work environment and there is a lack of trust among the group, then such an environment is useless to learn anything or to maximize productivity. To bring out our creativity and to use the mind effectively, we need an environment where the whole group works like a shared goal, and everyone respects each other's opinions.
Rule # 2: - Exercise enhances our brain - powers
Our mind has developed in the conditions where we are constantly in motion, due to which the best conditions for us to process any information are those in which we are moving our body instead of sitting in one place.
It has also been seen in research that when one adopts an active lifestyle, then their cognitive scores start increasing, especially when they are doing aerobic exercise, cycling, running, walking, and swimming. This happens because by exercising, the amount of neurons present in our brain starts increasing, oxygen and glucose reach it more. Oxygen reduces unstable electrons, i.e. free radicals, and increases our mental sharpness while glucose works to provide energy to the brain.
According to research, we should do at least 2 -3 times aerobic exercise a week for the best results, and if we don't have that much time then the best way to increase brainpower is long-distance walking.
Rule # 3: - Our sleep - quality is directly related to our thinking capabilities
We don't know this but our brain indeed remains active even at bedtime and the reason for its staying active is to process the information taken throughout the day and remember new things.
Generally, when and how much sleep a person needs, it varies, but it is common for everyone to sleep in the afternoon. Because the chemicals that bring sleep in the afternoon are at a peak in our body. According to research, people who get 20 -25 minutes of sleep in the afternoon increase their mental performance by about 34%. So we should at least have 7 - 8 hours of sleep and even after that if you sleep in the afternoon, a 20-minute nap must be taken.
Rule # 4: - Our mind is not made to bear the stress for a long time
Our defense system with the help of stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol gives us energy and motivation to escape from immediate danger and these hormones also work as soon as we get out of the danger zone.
But when we are stressed due to some reason for a long time, then these hormones start to damage the blood vessels due to which we may have a heart attack or stroke.
Similarly, due to the increase of the right cortisol, the cells present in the hippocampus start to deteriorate which it becomes difficult to understand and remember things so instead of we can change our situation, we have to take responsibility for our situation. One should also look after himself by finding a solution with a calm mind.
Rule # 5: - Every brain wired differently
Whatever we do or learn in our lives and our brain becomes physically different from other people's brains, i.e. two human brains can ever be the same, each of our neurons can have a different function.
For example, in an experiment, a researcher showed a photo of an actress to a subject, when the same neuron was activated in his brain and the same neuron was activated repeatedly when different photos of that actress were shown. This led him to understand that every neuron in our brain can store a unique piece of information and it will activate only when we encourage that information again. Meaning there is a special neuron in our brain to identify the people or things with whom we are familiar.
Rule # 6: - We ignore boring things
We ignore boring things and what we pay attention to depends on our memory, interest, culture, and the outcome of that thing because all these factors and events make us emotional and whatever things with our emotions, we remember for a long time and accurately because of positive emotions signal such opportunity which can increase our chances of survival and reproduction. Negative emotions grab our attention because negative things can kill us.
Rule # 7: - Repeat it to remember anything
Our short term memory can store limited information due to which we have to repeat it again and again to remember anything. With this, whenever we give any information to our brain, it divides it into pieces and sends it to different parts of the cortex for storage, and the more detailed and context is associated with this information, the longer it remembers us.
Rule # 8: - Our senses are made to work together
Our senses are made to work together, and only then don't rely on anyone's sense to learn something - meaning sniffing is a sense that carries a lot of memories with it, because of which reading to remember anything. A scented candle or perfume should be used in the room and the same scented candle or perfume should be used again only when we want to remember that information.
Rule # 9: - Vision is the most important sense
We also know that when we hear or read about any incident, we remember barely 10% of it after a few days.
But when we consume any information visually, then we remember it for a long time because in our evolutionary past we have understood the dangers, food, reproductive opportunity by looking at it and then put it in words or symbols.
Rule # 10: - We can be smart by making and listening to songs
According to research, musical training can improve people's reading ability, mathematics, emotional intelligence, and language processing. Listening to music can improve our vocabulary, sensory-motor skills, and working memory. These benefits are also seen in different age-groups. This is because music also increases the emotional excitement inside us and provide a temporary boost.
Rule # 11: - Men and women have different brains
Mental health professionals have known this rule for years because many mental disorders such as schizophrenia which is a type of dementia are more common in men but depression is more in women. Along with this, men show anti-social behavior during poverty, and anxiety increases in women.
At the time of stress, the amygdala of the right hemisphere of men becomes active which makes them easy to understand by outlining the situation. Whereas the amygdala of the left hemisphere becomes active during stress in women, which enables them to understand the details of the situation.
Rule # 12: - We are made to explore
This rule states that we learn from a very early age how to understand things because when we give something in the hand of a child, he feels it, turns it, puts it in an ear or mouth, or sees it. So that he can gather the necessary information about that thing and understand its properties. This desire to understand our things, even after we become an adult, makes us curious to understand our environment so that our mind constantly changes and we continue to learn new things.
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