{"id":211,"date":"2014-10-22T07:39:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T07:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edcortes.ph\/?p=560"},"modified":"2021-07-10T03:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T03:41:23","slug":"what-is-brain-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"What is Brain Training?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brain training has been around for decades and was based on doing memory\u00a0tasks on paper. The renewed popularity today is directly due to being able to\u00a0use the computer to play these games. The interaction is better and people\u00a0do tend to be more responsive to visual stimulants.<\/p>\n<p>Before we go any further let\u2019s look at the question of what brain training is\u00a0first.\u00a0Brain training is a type of training that helps a person to improve their ability\u00a0to learn in a faster and easier way. Your brain processes information through\u00a0a network of nerve cells which are known as neurons.<\/p>\n<p>These neurons group together the minute you start to learn and consume\u00a0information. This grouping action is what allows you to learn easily. If a task\u00a0is more complex then other neurons are attracted to the main group. So\u00a0basically, as a task becomes harder your brain draws upon an increased\u00a0number of neurons to learn the subject at hand. After you have successfully\u00a0learned the tasks these extra neurons return to their other functions.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has cognitive abilities which are the process that your brain uses\u00a0such as your memory, attention and reasoning. How well your brain\u00a0performs these functions depends up each individual. Some people have\u00a0better memory skills than others.<\/p>\n<p>The good part of this is that all of these areas can be improved upon with\u00a0training. When you begin to train your brain you will find that your memory\u00a0works more quickly and that you can process information better. In fact the\u00a0whole process of learning becomes fun instead of being seen as a challenge.\u00a0Brain training improves all areas by strengthening each of your cognitive<br \/>\nskills, this allows all the parts to work together in an improved fashion. You\u00a0can compare this to needing good tires and a working engine to make your\u00a0car run smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>If you start a brain training course or game you will be using audio, visual\u00a0and memory skills. Each game or challenge requires different uses of these\u00a0skills in a different combination.\u00a0You may find brain training games a challenge at first, but not to worry. Stay\u00a0with them and you will find that they eventually become much easier. Your\u00a0brain training is working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain training has been around for decades and was based on doing memory\u00a0tasks on paper. The renewed popularity today is directly due to being able to\u00a0use the computer to play these games. The interaction is better and people\u00a0do tend to be more responsive to visual stimulants. Before we go any further let\u2019s look at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-development","category-soft-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}