How to become a superman: all you need to know about the brain training

Why brain a workout

The brain - a complex and constantly evolving system. When you are learning something new, there are formed and strengthened neural connections. The more of these connections, so your brain works better.

It does not matter how old you are: the brain can and should develop at any age. As in sports, even the outstanding skills gradually lost without training.

Exercise can be different: play chess, crossword puzzles, learn foreign languages, or perform special exercises that develop cognitive skills. Such exercises offer online service for trainers "Vikium».

How to develop memory, attention and thinking

Before the training on the platform "Vikium"You will be offered a test. It is necessary to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Based on these data the individual program development. Perhaps the memory you are all very well, but, for example, attention is lame. Hence, it is necessary to develop and in the first place.

If you want to pump skills useful for work, choose the program "Vikium. Profession". It is based on a study conducted by the testing center and the development of "Humanitarian technologies" at Moscow State University. Center specialists have studied the ability of 11 056 representatives of 171 trade and identified what skills should be developed for one or another sphere.

To work with the exercise equipment "Vikium" will need only 15 minutes a day. Exercise at first seem elementary: it is necessary to count the number of squares of a certain color, or specify where the fish swims by clicking the appropriate arrow on the keyboard. Gradually the tasks become more complex, but the lesson is still more like a game.

"Vikium" offers 52 trainers, 12 of them are available for free. To discover the rest, you have to buy a premium account - for example, for a month or once a year.

You can not only develop general skills, but also the specific skills - such as speed reading, or emotional intelligence. For this "Vikium" offers special courses.

How to learn to read several times faster

The average speed reading of an adult is, according to various estimates, from 120 to 200 words per minute. The course "Speed ​​reading"Will help 21 days to increase reading speed is 4-6 times. You will learn how to quickly focus, improve peripheral vision, can develop the perception, memory and skill of voluntary attention.

Speed ​​reading is useful for the development of large amounts of information, whether it is professional literature, works of art or teaching materials. You can not only read faster, but also to better understand the meaning, and thus obtain from reading more fun.

The first lesson is available for free. Before the training you will pass a small test to determine the reading and comprehension speed reading: they'll give you a minute to read the short story, and then asked to answer questions on the content of the text.

Then begin the exercise. They are aimed at the development of concentration and selectivity of attention, help to strengthen memory and expand the field of view. For example, you will need to arrange the order of the numbers, randomly scattered on the field.

The mandatory part of the program - the task to train and relax the eye muscles. In one of them you just need to look for a running track around the screen point.

Use these exercises can not only in training but also in daily life - for example, if you have a long work on the computer.

How to distinguish truth from falsehood

Recently on "Vikiume" a new course - "Emotional intelligence». It is useful for those who want to understand their feelings, learn to read other people's emotions and to extract the maximum benefit from the interaction with others.

In many respects defines emotional intelligence, we will achieve success in life or not. Of encyclopedic knowledge of little use if you do not know how to communicate with people and do not understand what they want from you all.

Course "Emotional Intelligence" was produced under the direction of Oleg Kalinicheva, director of the Russian representation of company training Paul Ekman International. Paul Ekman - American psychologist, a specialist in the psychology of emotions and interpersonal communication. He was a consultant to the series "Lie to Me" and even became the prototype of the hero - Dr. Cal Lightman, a specialist in the exposure of the lies.

The training program consists of 20 lessons. The first seven are devoted to basic emotions: you will learn how to read people's faces surprise, fear, joy, anger, disgust and sadness. You will then begin the study of mechanisms of expression of feelings. You know what a complete and incomplete emotions, as they put it on the face and its individual parts, and also learn how to distinguish the fake from the genuine emotion.

Education is based on a video lecture about the situations in which there are emotions, and especially their manifestations.

After each lecture you hook knowledge by guessing the photos, what feelings are experiencing depicted in these people.

In some classes there is a bonus for diligent - extra footage. They are available when you perform practical tasks to these lessons at least 85%.

Regular training with simulators "Vikium" will help to develop cognitive abilities and keep the brain in shape. Go in on a computer or mobile device, perform the exercises at home, on the way to work or during the lunch break. The first results will be visible after a couple of weeks.

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