5 things you never make make your brain

Some people think that they are able to subdue his brain. "Impossible!" - exclaimed to John Medina, head of the Brain Research Center at Pacific University in Seattle. Some of the tasks the brain is certainly not adapted.

So, before you five things that is useless to expect from his brain.

The brain can not simultaneously perform multiple tasks

If you think you're a genius and you can multitask at the same time brilliant to drive, talk on the phone and drinking coffee, then you it just seems. At the same time the brain can only focus on something one. Get over it.

Studies show that the brain is not designed to process multiple signals requiring attention. Accurately process can be only one signal.

That is why, when a number of us are constantly gadgets with pop-up message windows, we have no chance to finish their work on time.

The brain can not perceive the monotonous information for longer than 10 minutes

No matter how you tried to get your brain to perceive the monotonous story from your girlfriend that lasts more than 10 minutes, you will not succeed. That's why people are so fond of Adventure, which is constantly going on some sort of action.

It seems that the brain selects for a certain period of time, taking into account the cultural level and genes. In general, the most important rule: in 10 minutes you need to attract and retain attention.

The brain will forget about all the information that you do not repeat

No matter how much it hurt to hear all the "sufferers", but the brain remembers only that you repeat. And here the "sufferers"? And despite the fact that to get rid of any pain is quite easy: you just need to stop thinking about them constantly. We can say that this is the secret of deliverance, for example, unrequited love: you lock the internal dialogue, and the brain will soon forget everything that happened.

Scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus proved this fact in the school example. Herman became famous due to the fact that made a surprising discovery: people forget 90% of what is taught in the classroom, within 30 days. A very high percentage of forgetting occurs in the first hours after the lesson.

The brain can not function normally after 16 hours of wakefulness

Studies confirm that one-third of life a person would have to spend in a dream. If someone tells you that it can be a day without sleep and feeling well, you know - it is simply not aware.

More and such research: scientists have proved that if a successful student will sleep for a week for seven hours instead of eight, then the results will be reduced by 9%. So do not make your brain function without sleep. He can not.

The brain will not develop without sport

Although the evolution of mankind is conducted much debate, a fact recognized by paleoanthropologists around the world. it can be formulated in three words: people moved a lot. On an average day the old man overcome more than 19 kilometers. And his brain is developed, not when he sat back, and when working. The brain continues to seek to be active, although modern people to whom we belong, lead a sedentary lifestyle.

Physical activity stimulates the brain. It helps people glued to the couch, improve long-term memory, logical thinking, attention and the ability to solve tasks. Physical activity such as candy for the cognitive system.

We just need to move. Scientists have found that it is enough to play sports twice a week. A twenty-minute walk every day will reduce the risk of angina - a major cause of age-related disorders of mental activity - by 57%.

In short, do not force your brain to do something for which he is not fit, and life will be better.

Based on the book "brain rules»