10 Weird Brain Exercises That Help You Get Smarter
1. Backward Writing or Typing
Practice writing or typing sentences or paragraphs backward. This exercise challenges your thinking and utilizes multiple brain regions
2. Non-dominant Hand Activities
Brushing, eating, and writing with your non-dominant hand are examples. It stimulates brain connections and improves coordination.
3. Memory Palace Technique
Memory Palace Technique: Visualize a "palace" or familiar place and correlate important knowledge with specific places or objects in it.
4. Sudoku and Crosswords
Sudoku, crosswords, and brain teasers: Solve puzzles. These games test logic, memory, and problem-solving.
5. Visualize and Memorize
Study a picture or scene for a few minutes to visualize and memorize. Close your eyes and try to visualize the image in detail.
6. Ambidextrous Drawing
Draw simple shapes or doodles using both hands (ambidextrous). This exercise improves brain-hemisphere coordination.
7. Reading Aloud Backward
Flip through a book or article and read sentences or paragraphs backward (aloud). This aids concentration.
8. Learn a New Language or Instrument
Learning a new language or instrument improves memory, multitasking, and cognitive skills by stimulating multiple brain areas.
9. Change Your Routine
Changing your routine or taking various routes to familiar destinations stimulates the brain by challenging it to adjust to new situations.