Our brains, even in ordinary times, when we are swirling in a whirlpool of everyday problems, work tasks and personal experiences, need help — because we need to remember everything and not confuse anything. And what can we say about the post-COVID period! We tell you how, without making any special efforts, to regain clarity of thought.
One of the consequences of the coronavirus that many of us have experienced is brain fog. That is, confusion of thoughts, lethargy, lack of concentration — something that complicates our whole life: from performing household activities to professional tasks.
Kedu ụzọ na mmega ahụ ga-enyere ụbụrụ aka ịrụ ọrụ n'otu ụzọ ahụ dị na mbụ ọrịa? Ogologo oge ole ka anyị ga-eji mezuo ha? Mmetụta ahụ ọ̀ ga-adịgide ruo ọgwụgwụ nke ndụ? N'ụzọ dị mwute, ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị enwebeghị azịza doro anya banyere otu esi edozi ọnọdụ ahụ.
Ya mere, ndụmọdụ ndị a na-anọgide na-abụ otu: mechie ọnụ ọgụgụ mmanya na-aba n'anya, zere nchekasị, hie ụra ma ọ dịkarịa ala awa asaa ma na-emega ahụ. Rie nke ọma—ọkacha mma nri Mediterranean nke gụnyere mkpụrụ osisi, akwụkwọ nri, mkpụrụ akụ, agwa, na mmanụ nwere ahụike ụbụrụ.
Can anything else be done? We suggest using the techniques by which we usually improve memory and attentiveness. In some ways, they seem too simple, but this is their main plus — you will help your brain without spending a lot of time and effort. And sometimes you can do it without being distracted from other things at all.
1. Gbasaa okwu gị
To do this, it is not at all necessary to learn English or French — just words in Russian. After all, we are constantly faced with unknown terms and speech patterns — when we go to exhibitions, read books, watch shows or just communicate with other people.
Enwekwara saịtị na ngwa pụrụ iche na-eziga "okwu nke ụbọchị" kwa ụbọchị. Gbalịa dee okwu ọhụrụ na akwụkwọ ndetu ma ọ bụ ekwentị: n'ịmụta ihe ha pụtara, na ọbụna karị, ịmalite iji ha na ndụ anyị, anyị ga-eme ka ụbụrụ na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma.
2. Zụlite uche gị
- Ntị
Na-ege ntị akwụkwọ ọdịyo na pọdkastị, anyị, n'amaghị ya, na-azụ uche anyị. Ma nke ahụ abụghị ihe niile: mmetụta a na-abawanye ma ọ bụrụ na ị na-ege ha ntị n'oge ọzụzụ. N'ezie, ọ nwere ike ọ gaghị adị mfe ịbanye na atụmatụ Agha na Udo mgbe ị na-eme mkpọtụ, ma ị ga-emerịrị ọkwa ọhụrụ na nkà nke itinye uche.
- Ire
Challenge your taste buds! If you are preparing a dish, pay more attention to your feelings during the test: what about its texture, how do the flavors combine? Even sitting in a cafe or at a party, you can easily play a restaurant critic — try to identify individual ingredients in a dish, guess the herbs and spices used.
3. Were anya nke uche hụ
Usually, visualization is perceived only as a tool to achieve goals — the more we imagine what we want, the more likely it will become real. But it can also help develop cognitive abilities.
Were ya na ị chọrọ ịrụgharị ụlọ. Chee echiche banyere ihe ịchọrọ ị nweta n'ihi ya: ụdị ngwá ụlọ ga-eguzo na ebe kpọmkwem? Kedu agba nke ákwà mgbochi ahụ ga-abụ? Kedu ihe ga-akacha agbanwe?
This mental sketch, which takes the place of writing in a diary or a real drawing, should help your brain — it trains the skills of planning and attention to detail.
Naanị ime ya otu ugboro ezughị: ịkwesịrị ịlaghachi na nhụta a mgbe niile, na-elele ma nkọwa niile dị "dị". Na, ma eleghị anya, ịgbanwe ihe, nke mere na oge ọzọ ọ ga-esikwu ike icheta ọdịdị ọhụrụ nke ụlọ ahụ.
4. Kpọọ egwu
Sudoku, okwu mgbagwoju anya, checkers na chess na-eme ka ụbụrụ anyị na-arụ ọrụ n'ezie, mana ọ nwere ike ịgwụ anyị ngwa ngwa. Ọ dị mma na enwere ụzọ ọzọ:
- Egwuregwu Kọlọtọ
Each board game requires some effort and skill: for example, in Monopoly, you need to calculate the budget and plan your actions several steps ahead. In «Mafia» — be careful to count the masquerading criminal.
Ma enwere ọtụtụ iri na abuo ụdị egwuregwu ndị dị otú ahụ chọrọ nkwalite, echiche na nlebara anya. Ị ga-adị mfe ịchọta ihe masịrị gị.
- Egwuregwu Kọmputa
Na-emerụ ahụ n'ọnọdụ ọnọdụ, na-emerụ ahụ anya… Ma egwuregwu mgbe ụfọdụ na-eweta uru. Ndị na-agba ụta na ndị na-eme egwuregwu dịka Super Mario na-agba ọsọ nke ukwuu. Ya mere, ha chọrọ ịmụrụ anya, nlebara anya na nkọwa na nzaghachi ngwa ngwa. N'ihi ya, ha na-azụlite n'ime anyị àgwà na ikike ndị a niile.
Don’t feel like shooting, wrestling or collecting items across the game’s locations? Then games in the spirit of Sims or Minecraft will suit you — without the skill of planning and developed logical thinking, you won’t be able to create a whole game world.
- Egwuregwu ekwentị
Board games need company, computer games need a lot of time. Therefore, if you don’t have either of these, games on your phone will suit you. And we are not talking about those applications in which you need to collect crystals of the same color in a row — although they are useful.
«94%», «Who is: puzzles and riddles», «Three words», «Philwords: find words from letters» — these and other puzzles will brighten up the time on the road to work and back, and at the same time «stir up» your convolutions.
5. Jiri ndumodu
Lists in the diary, sticky notes on the mirror and refrigerator, reminders on the phone — these tools perform several functions at once.
Mbụ, site n'enyemaka ha, ị na-eche ka anakọtara dị ka o kwere mee: ị nwere ike ịzụta mmiri ara ehi, zaa akwụkwọ ozi na onye ahịa, na ị gaghị echefu izute ndị enyi.
Nke abuo, ma eleghị anya nke ka mkpa, n'ihi ndụmọdụ ndị a, ị na-eji usoro ndụ nkịtị mara gị ahụ́, ọ bụghị iche iche. Cheta ọnọdụ ị na-emebu mgbe ụbụrụ "na-esi" ma ekwela ka ọ dị umengwụ ọzọ.