Left hemisphere The brain is responsible for the ability of logical thinking, systematization and critical thinking. U harmonious developed person both hemispheres work harmoniously and balance each other. We train and achieve perfection.
3. We load the right side of the body
We perform all actions with the right hand. Left-handers will have a hard time, but right-handers, for whom this will not be difficult, can be advised to do gymnastics, where more attention is paid to the right side of the body: jumping on the right leg, bending to the right.
4. Do a massage
There are points on our body that correspond to different organs. The cerebellum is controlled by points located on the feet at the base of the big toes. Just below are the points of both hemispheres. Massaging such a point on right foot, we activate the left hemisphere.
5. Develop fine motor skills of the hands
The tip of the little finger of the left hand touches the tip of the thumb of the right hand, and the tip of the little finger of the right hand touches the thumb of the left hand. The thumb of the left hand will be at the bottom, and the right one at the top. Then quickly swap fingers: thumb the left hand will be at the top, and the right hand at the bottom. We do the same with the index and ring fingers.
Exercises
Exercises that improve the relationship between both hemispheres have a positive effect on the activation of the left hemisphere.
- At the same time, we stroke our stomach with our left hand, and tap our head with our right hand. Then we change hands.
- With one hand we draw a star in the air, and with the other - a triangle (or other geometric figures, the main thing is that they should be different for different hands). When we can do one exercise quite easily and quickly, we change the figures.
- We draw the same picture simultaneously with the right and left hands, maintaining mirror symmetry.
- With your left hand, grab your right ear, and with your right hand, grab the tip of your nose. Let's clap our hands and change hands: with the right we touch the left ear, and with the left - the tip of the nose.
- Dancing, particularly tango, improves coordination of movements and develops both hemispheres.
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It has been known for a long time that the human brain is divided into right and left parts and what each of them is responsible for. But detailed research in this direction began to be conducted relatively recently by historical standards. And hitherto ordinary facts shone in a completely different light. However, first things first.
Left to Right, or Changing of the Guard
A little about how the brain works. Scientists have proven that right hemisphere brain is responsible for synthesis and creativity, and the left is responsible for analysis and logical thinking. Over the past millennia, the emphasis in child development has been primarily on the left hemisphere. At that time it was completely justified: ancient man it was necessary to understand the nature of things more deeply than the hallucinations of a shaman who had eaten too many fly agarics suggested.
And now most parents, by inertia, train their offspring according to programs that develop the left, logical hemisphere. And they almost completely forget about the same importance of the right, believing that there is absolutely no need to fly in the clouds and build castles in the air in life. In principle, this is true. But this process also has back side: modern children grow up very early and even grow old in this mental plane.
A disabled or almost completely suppressed imagination creates instead creative personality a gray cog in the global mechanism. This can be compared to if a person went to the gym and trained only one half of the body. It’s not hard to guess how this will end. But in learning this pathology, unfortunately, has long become the norm. 
From real life we can give the following example: in the USA, scientists tracked children with very high IQs, and when these children grew up, they were put together in one group and assigned tasks on fundamental developments in various industries, but this idea was a complete failure. And the secret is simple and complex at the same time: the left hemisphere of the brain can only work with already known information and will never replace the right, the creative. What was not there before is inaccessible to him.
However, with the development of the information era, the situation began to change in better side. And specialists in pedagogy and psychology began to pay more and more attention to the development of the functions of the right hemisphere of the brain in children. The introduction of the so-called scale can be considered a breakthrough. emotional intelligence— EI (Emotional Intelligence). Not the least example in this regard are people who have achieved success in terms of scientific discoveries in different areas.
Taming inspiration, or Finding your balance
Doing the same thing in the hope of getting a different result - sure sign schizophrenia, but this is exactly what the majority of people do in matters of raising and developing their children. And, remarkably, with the best intentions. Modern system training is designed specifically for the development of the left hemisphere of the brain. But if you want your child to have better performance than the average child, then look for appropriate approaches. 
As already mentioned, the left hemisphere works only with what is already known. The functions of the right are to work with the unknown. There is a hypothesis that all solutions already exist in some virtual information bank of the Universe. And our brain is a supercomputer that can connect to this bank and select best option. The right hemisphere is responsible for this in children and adults. Those. the right is engaged in fundamental developments. And the left one is applied, as well as the final release " finished product" in life.
The process of connection usually occurs spontaneously and is called inspiration. Previously, it was believed that it was completely impossible to tame, that it came whenever it wanted. But in the 21st century it became clear that inspiration is nothing more than a state of harmony of soul and mind. However, for those who decide to fully train, in the first stages logic and analysis will need to be turned off or redirected in a different direction.
But don't go to extremes. People with an overdeveloped right hemisphere to the detriment of the left are usually mentally ill.They live in their virtual world according to their own laws. The creative people who live among us often have a reputation as eccentrics, but that does not stop them from creating masterpieces.
Businessmen who have managed to achieve success and recognition, especially in the field of innovation, are the most perfect example balance and development of both hemispheres of the brain. They are their own bosses and performers. And the bulk of their time is spent not on monotonous work, but on thinking about what can be improved, or, even better, how to create something that did not exist before. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin, Elon Musk - this list can be continued for a long time.
From an idea generator to always the right choice, or Looking ahead
By developing the right hemisphere of the brain in children, over time, parents come to the conclusion that the development of the pineal gland, or pineal gland, has an even greater effect. And if the first is responsible for creativity in general, then the development of the second will make it possible to always choose the most advantageous option of all possible. Imagine what heights you can achieve if you always know, figuratively speaking, which glass the ball is under. This is what is commonly called intuition. To train the pineal gland, many authors have developed various systems exercises that are aimed at the same goal.
Minimum program
The performance of the brain is restored faster if it switches from one job to another at certain intervals. All the exercises described below for appropriate development can be used both as a separate program and in short brain warm-ups.
- Ear massage.
There are many points on the auricle that directly affect the functioning of the brain. For more deep level This is what acupuncturists use, but ordinary rubbing is enough for non-specialists. Using your index finger and thumb, begin by kneading your earlobes, as if testing dough for firmness. Then use the heel of your palm to rub your ears inside and out. This is considered a warm-up for the main exercises.
- Rings.
Make a ring by connecting the big one and forefinger. Then the middle finger with the thumb, ring finger, little finger and in reverse order. Start slowly and gradually increase speed. First, the exercise is done with one hand with 
at low speed, forward and reverse. Then do the same with the other hand. Then two at once in both directions.
- Fist-rib-palm.
The exercise is performed at a table. Three hand positions are shown on the tabletop, which alternate one after another. The first is a hand gathered into a fist, the second is a palm perpendicular to the tabletop (edge), the third is a palm straightened on the plane of the table. First, together with the mentor, the child should do 8-10 repetitions slowly with one hand, then with the other, then with both hands at once. It is allowed for the baby to help himself with command words (fist-rib-palm) out loud or quietly to himself.
- Lezginka, or ladder.
Left hand gathered into a fist and turned towards the chest (fingers towards the body), the thumb is pointed upward. Palm right hand straightened in a horizontal position so that her little finger touches her left thumb. Then the position of the hands changes. Start slowly, then speed up. Do 6 to 10 repetitions.
- Ear-nose.
With the thumb and index finger of your left hand, grab the tip of your nose, and with the same fingers of your right hand, grab your left ear. Change of position (right - behind the nose, left - behind the right ear), etc. 
Each change occurs through a clap of hands. This exercise is considered an advanced task.
- Snake, or Trick the Brain.
The hands are crossed, palms facing each other, the fingers are clasped. Next, the arms are turned towards themselves, i.e. fingers pointing up. The task is to move the finger that the coach points out. At first, the child gets confused about where the left is and where the right is, but then he usually quickly figures out what’s what.
- Mirror and symmetrical drawing.
Or drawing with two hands. Place it in front of your baby Blank sheet paper and two pencils of any colors. The task is to learn to draw with both hands, first symmetrical designs, and then asymmetrical ones, in a “mirror” order.
The effect of the above exercises will only be if they are performed systematically. The result in children will be improved memory and attention, speech will become clearer, spatial imagination and hand motor skills will develop. But the main thing is to reduce fatigue and increase self-discipline and self-control.
The functions of the brain are clearly divided and aimed at performing various functions. Each hemisphere requires a special approach, and therefore they need to be developed differently.
The task of each hemisphere
Let's figure out what each hemisphere is responsible for. So, the left hemisphere is logic, literal perception of information, math skills, writing, reading, language ability.
The left hemisphere is responsible for building cause-and-effect relationships. Thus, we understand that left-hemisphere thinking is essentially quite rational. Now let's move on to right-hemisphere thinking, more spontaneous and irrational.
The right hemisphere is responsible for imagination, emotions, musical abilities, fine arts. Among the many well-known talented and creative people, there are many left-handers, that is, people with dominant right-hemisphere thinking.
These are, for example, Mozart, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and many others. In addition, the right hemisphere is responsible for intuition and imaginative thinking.
So, after we figured out why we need the right hemisphere, let's move on to how it can be developed. Of course, one way is simply to use the left side of the body - the side it controls - more often.
That is, you can start by using your left hand more, for example, when brushing your teeth, eating, washing dishes, etc. Some people recommend learning to write with your left hand. However, it is important to understand that abuse of this kind of action can negatively affect your psyche, even leading to the development of epilepsy.
Therefore, it is recommended to use more “safe” methods. The first one is to learn to play a musical instrument. When a person plays something, he uses both hands - left and right, which precisely contributes to the development of the right hemisphere in right-handed people and the left hemisphere in left-handed people.
Also, a kind of training of the brain hemispheres is typing text and other similar actions. Now let's look at the second exercise - reading words from the end, i.e. if you need to read the word "red", you read it as "yynsark". This can be done with any text.
Speaking of colors: it will also be a good training for the right hemisphere if in front of you there are words denoting a color, while they themselves will be written in a different color, and you will pronounce not the words themselves, but the color in which they are written.
For example, you have the word "red" which is written green. You will need to say the word "green". It may seem simple at first glance, but not everyone can do it quickly.
Another effective exercise- touch the tip of your nose with the index finger of your right hand, and touch your right knee with your left hand. Then clap your hands and do the opposite, i.e. Touch the tip of your nose with your left hand, and touch your left knee with your right hand. And do this as many times as you have patience. At the same time, try to do this as quickly as possible.
- You need to learn not just to empathize with other people, but to look at the world through their eyes, thus, a person is deeply in touch with the reality of other people.
- You need to learn to draw by perceiving the world In an abstract way, for starters, you can become the designer of your apartment, take photos, trust your intuition when choosing a color scheme.
- A person needs to often listen to relaxing music, during which he can relax, collect his thoughts, and direct his creative energy in the right direction.
And when both hands work simultaneously (drawing, typing on a computer, playing musical instruments), both hemispheres are involved in the work, which means the brain develops effectively.
When moving, touch the knee of your left leg with your left hand, and touch the knee with your right hand. right leg. Increase the number of times with each workout. It is important to follow the rhythm, and you need to look at the picture with 2 parallel lines, which should be placed at eye level.
For the next exercise, you need to take a comfortable position, standing or sitting. At the same time, draw a picture with your hands, either on paper or in the air, always with a mirror image of your hand.
Exercises for non-symmetry
The exercise is performed similarly to the first symmetrical one, but the hands should touch the opposite knee - right hand - left knee. Risk for visualization when moving – X.
To develop the right hemisphere, you need to regularly perform finger exercises; you can do the following exercises - straighten the index finger of your right hand and the thumb of your left. Then straighten the index finger of the left hand and the thumb of the right hand in a mirror manner. Over time, you need to increase the rhythm.
This small list of exercises will help you develop right-hemisphere thinking without any damage to yourself and your psyche.
The right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for creativity and creativity. This is why it is so important to develop the right hemisphere if you want to achieve great professional heights in life.
Each hemisphere has its own function
If you look at it from an anatomical point of view, the left and right hemispheres of the human brain have their own functions. They are as follows:
The right hemisphere is responsible for:
1) Imagination, creative function, fantasies, sense of beauty.
2) Musical abilities.
3) Verbal information (perception of words, ability to construct sentences and express oneself beautifully).
4) Perception of images and symbols.
5) Orientation in space.
6) Intuition.
7) Parallel processing of information, understanding of metaphors.
8) Control of movements of the left side of the body.
The left hemisphere is responsible for:
1) Analysis and mathematical logic.
2) Language abilities.
3) Teaching writing.
4) The ability to build cause-and-effect chains.
5) Control of movements of the right side of the body.
As scientists have established, the development of one or another hemisphere of the brain is not given to a person from birth. It is achieved through numerous trainings and “pumping”.
Difference between "M" and "F"
Despite the fact that a person should, in fact, have well-developed both hemispheres of the brain, in practice this is very rare. If we connect the development of the brain hemispheres with gender (sex), then the question of which brain hemisphere is developed in men can be answered: the left. Which hemisphere of the brain is developed in women? Right.
The teaching also established that men use the right hemisphere for visual-spatial orientation and the left hemisphere when solving analytical problems, while women constantly think when solving abstract problems with both hemispheres at once.
In general, the result is this: men are ahead of women in logic and analytics, but women are clearly more successful in creative thinking tasks.
How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain
Since the right hemisphere is more “creative”, and in the modern rhythm of life it is important to accept not just the right ones, but also non-standard solutions, it is the right hemisphere that many people need a stronger “pumping”. Try the following exercises.
1) Listen to beautiful music, visit art exhibitions, start drawing yourself. Any activity related to art will contribute to the development of the right hemisphere.
2) Start keeping a diary, write short stories or just essay-sketches from your own life.
3) Meditate while controlling your breathing. Learn to dive into yourself and “see” beautiful images and unusual situations.
Development of both hemispheres
Psychophysiologists know how to develop both hemispheres of the brain. Here's what they advise you to do.
1) Learn to use your left hand well and constantly do the same things with your right hand: tie shoelaces, brush your teeth, write text, etc.
2) Use as often as possible " mirror drawing" This simple exercise is performed like this: the subject takes two sheets of paper and two pens in each hand. Now you need to simultaneously draw any shapes on paper - zigzags, scribbles, circles, squares, triangles, flowers, leaves... Whatever! The main thing is to do this with both hands at the same time. The exercise develops both hemispheres of the brain at once.
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Man moved away from the animal world and became a rational being. He began to perceive the world that surrounds him differently. People began to communicate with each other, learned to write, and mastered some engineering basics. All this was facilitated by the development of the human brain. Thinking, logic, imagination switched to new level. To understand how to develop your brain 100 percent, you first need to know what functions it is responsible for.
A Brief Overview of the Human Brain
The brain is the most mysterious organ in humans. Sometimes it is called a computer. People learn new things throughout their lives. Necessary information a person remembers and keeps it as long as he needs it. But what is no longer useful is “destroyed” in the human brain.The brain performs the following functions:
- Thinking;
- Speech;
- Consciousness;
- Feelings;
- Coordination of movements;
- Sleep management;
- Drawing up plans.
The human brain consists of two hemispheres. One of them is called right, and the other left. They are connected to each other by the corpus callosum. The exchange of information between the two hemispheres passes through it. If damaged left side brain, this will cause damage to the right hemisphere. The opposite is also true. Of course, there have been cases when a person’s entire left side was cut off. After that, he continued to live a full life. The right hemisphere began to perform the functions of the no longer existing left hemisphere.
The human brain is divided into two parts. Each hemisphere performs its own specific functions. Their purpose is presented below.
Left hemisphere Performs sequential processing of information. It happens step by step analysis. All information is subject to strict analysis. The left hemisphere works with numbers and numbers.
Right hemisphere processes information that comes from the senses. It perceives music, colors and is responsible for orientation in the world. The right hemisphere is capable of synthesizing existing information. For this reason, it allows you to solve puzzles and act outside the pattern.
This is enough to understand how complex the human brain is.
How to develop brain abilities?
Psychologist Jung compared the conscious part and the unconscious part to an iceberg. Its top is consciousness. In turn, what is under water is unconscious. It is not known to what depth the iceberg is sunk.The same assumption can be applied to the human brain. He uses only 10 percent of his potential. People need to develop their abilities. It is difficult to imagine what a person will be like whose brain uses one hundred percent of its capabilities.
Most likely, a new scientific revolution will occur. Discovery after discovery will follow.
To start developing your brain abilities, you need to follow these tips:
Get rid of physical inactivity. It occurs in sedentary people. Drivers who like to constantly watch TV and sit at the computer are at risk. With physical inactivity, fatty acids are not broken down. Cholesterol plaques appear on the vessels, interfering with the passage of blood. Blood supplies all organs with oxygen. The brain does not receive O2 and begins to function poorly.
It is necessary to ensure the intake of carbohydrates and phosphates in the body.If a person wants to develop brain abilities, then he needs to give up vodka, wine, etc. But if you choose the lesser evil, then drinking beer has a much more detrimental effect on neurons than alcohol. In general, any alcohol-containing drink kills neurons. Beer also contains a lot carbon dioxide. Happening Double punch. Human brain poisoned by alcohol and carbon dioxide.
You should drink plenty of still water. It removes from the body most toxins and wastes.
Water helps develop brain abilities. She provides better connection between hemispheres. For 30 kilograms of weight you should drink 1 liter of water. In stressful situations, the volume increases. Water will not make a person worse.
Ways to maintain and develop brain activity
- Exercise at least twice a week. Try to communicate more with other people. This communication must occur with a living person directly.
- Eat food rich in vitamins and enzymes.
- Let your body get enough sleep.
- Avoid stress.
- You should learn to relax and master relaxation techniques.
- By adhering to these five points, you can feel that the potential abilities of the brain have increased and are slowly starting to become active.
It is not practical to develop only one hemisphere. You can solve equations well, but still not understand the beauty of nature and all art. Also, a person who writes poetry well and draws pictures does not always know how to add or multiply two numbers together.
It’s not for nothing that schools, technical schools and universities offer not only core subjects. For example, physicists also study the Russian language, history, psychology and other humanities. The same thing happens with philologists. Together with the humanities, they have strictly mathematical subjects.
The above examples indicate that Both hemispheres need to be developed in parallel. To do this, there are exercises for brain development.
Exercise 1.
First you need to stroke your belly clockwise with your hand. To perform this exercise, you should tap yourself on the head vertically from top to bottom with your left hand. Having mastered this movement, a person must perform them simultaneously. At first glance, everything is simple. But after combining, almost everyone’s hands will begin to get confused. The left hand will automatically try to make circular movements. Once the goal is accomplished and the confusion stops, you should change the position of your hands.
Exercise 2.
Place both palms on your stomach. The left hand is strictly on the right. Now you need to exhale. It should be like blowing out a candle. One minute is allotted for this exercise.
Exercise 3.
This exercise allows you to actively synchronize the work of both hemispheres.
You need to raise both arms up or in front of you. A person will be required to draw a square in the air with his left hand and a star with his right. All this is done at the same time. As soon as progress is made, the position of the hands changes.
The exercise can be made more difficult. To do this, you will need to make drawings of other shapes. It all depends on the imagination of the person performing the exercise.
For the development of the cerebral hemispheres, it was created special program- neurobics. Such exercises allow you to look at everyday affairs in a new way. In other words, you need to try to do something ordinary in an unusual way.
Exercise 4.
Try to get out of bed on the other leg. You can try brushing your teeth with your other hand. When drinking tea, sugar should be stirred with your left hand, not your right.
Exercise 5.
This exercise should be done with good friend. You need to blindfold yourself and walk with your companion.
In this exercise you will need to answer the questions below.
- How did you deal with uncertainty?
- Which sense organs are activated?
- What sounds stood out?
- What did you hear that alarmed you and what did you calm down?
How to develop the right hemisphere of the brain
As mentioned above, it is necessary to develop both hemispheres. For example, on one day give preference logical training, and in the other to engage in imagination and art.
At first there was a question about how to develop the brain 100 percent. There is only one way out - to develop both hemispheres.
An imbalance in the development of both hemispheres begins in childhood. People do not know how to think abstractly and empathize.
Exercise 1.
A person must start drawing. The right hemisphere synthesizes rather than analyzes. You need to perceive the world around you abstractly. To do this, you can become a designer of your own apartment. Learn to trust your intuition when choosing wallpaper and colors.
Exercise 2.
In psychology there is a concept of empathy. A person must not only empathize with other people, he is required to look at the world through the eyes of another. In this case, there is a deep involvement in what is happening in the lives of other people. This exercise develops the right hemisphere.
Exercise 3.
A person needs to often listen to soulful music, to which one can dream or simply relax. A musical composition should not constrain a person.
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