Increase Your IQ by brain training

Increase your IQ by brain training

Becoming smarter is what a lot of people want. While joining brain training programmes is an option to increase your IQ, focus and creativity, it can be quite expensive. Luckily there are plenty of free brain training hacks you can learn to make your brain smarter.

In this article, I’m going to enlighten you on how to increase your IQ by brain training..

The importance of brain training

The most important building block in the brain is the neuron.

The best and major way to increase your IQ is by training your brain. No one is born into this world with most of  the skills we have now but we got them has we continued to train ourselves. Looking at sports as an example, one needs constant training to improve ones capabilities and skills. The same also applies to the brain. One of the most major ways to increase the brain IQ is to train the brain like training in football.

 We will  improve our brain power and intelligence through  brain training exercises.

Just as exercises stretches our muscles also brain training exercises stretches our brain muscles.

 how can  we find time to do this?

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Brain training is a simply  training  exercises to improve your brain power. By improving your brain power, you will find that your IQ, and creative skills will increase as well.

Let’s take a look at how you can improve your IQ through brain training.

Brain training hacks that will increase your intelligence (IQ)

Here are some brain training hacks you can use now to increase your intelligence(IQ)

 #1. Physical  bodily exercise 

Physical exercise will not only improve your body, but it will also improve your brain power. Neurogenesis is the birth of new neurons in our brain. Exercise increases the levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which supports neurogenesis.

How to make this work:

1. Start an exercise routine..
2. Change your diet.    Eliminate refined sugars and start taking vitamins to improve the functioning of your brain. . Read this article Foods that help improve your memory

 #2. Listen to audiobooks

 Always plugged into an audiobook. While exercising, driving, cutting my grass, chores, and just about any other activity. Audiobooks make your brain active and wandering about the information that it is passed across.

How to make this work:

1. Get wireless running headphones.
2. Sign up for a free app connected to your local library Purchase audiobooks at a discount through Audible.com.
3. Download the app (or a similar app) Natural Reader, which is a free text to speech online app allowing you to convert text to audio. Essentially, you can convert an online article, a pdf, a word document, and similar files to an audio.
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 #3. Read smarter

Start reading books faster and smarter. There are certain ways you should read a book. Some books should be read faster than others. Reading actually helps your assimilation.

How to make this work:

1.      Skim and scan the book first. Start with the title page, the inside of the cover, the table of contents, then the back of the book.

2.      Throughout the book and at the conclusion of the book, ask yourself three questions:
– What? What happened in the book?
– So What? What was the key takeaway?
– Now What? What can you do with this new information?

The point behind this is that you think and thinking is an exercise that improves your IQ

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 #4. Backward reasoning

Reasoning backwards is another great way of increasing your IQ

Let’s look at an example of reasoning backward.

Read the following sentence:

After reading through  this statement, you will realize that the the brain doesn’t observe a second ‘the’.

Now read the sentence again. Did you notice that you missed the second ‘the’?

Our mind is logical and proceeds forward, so we don’t see the second ‘the’; however, if we read the sentence backwards we will always catch it.

“What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance. In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.” – Sherlock Homes, A Study in Scarlet

 #5. Maths tricks

Let’s examine some quick and easy math hacks that should be (but are not) taught in school.

Easily multiply any two-digit number by eleven:

53 x 11

Simply add the first two digits: 5 + 3 = 8

Place the 8 between the 5 and the 3 and you have your answer: 583

53 x 11 = 583

ii. Easily sum up two digit numbers:

34 + 57

Add 34 + 50 = 84

Then add 84 + 7 = 91

34 + 57 = 91

iii. Easily subtract three digit numbers:

635 – 372

Take 635 – 400 = 235

Then add 28 (or 20 then add 8) as 400 – 372 = 28

235 + 20 = 255 + 8 = 263

645 – 372 = 263

iv. Multiplication guestimation

Another powerful trick is multiplication guesstimation.

88 x 54 is approximately 90 x 50 = 4500

This is much easier to multiple as 9 x 5 = 45

The correct answer is: 88 x 54 = 4752

For more math tricks like this, I recommend the book Secrets of Mental Math by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer.

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#6. Thinking

In Mindhacker, Ron and Marty Hale-Evans discuss a powerful tactic called Thinking.

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• Think: Theorize, Predict, Plan
• Try: Test, Observe, Record, Play
• Learn: Analyze, Define Meaning, Change, Grow 
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 #7. Brain training games

Elevate and Lumosity are brain training programs designed to improve our focus, IQ, processing speed, memory, math skills, and much more.

Both programs come packed with over 40 games and puzzles designed to improve your critical thinking and cognitive skills.

   

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A comparison of the two apps can be found here:¹

Elevate

• Pros: Personal tracking, has the feel of a mobile game, available on iOS and Android, and app of the year for 2014
• Cons: Poor graphics and only comes in English

Lumosity

• Pros: Fun and good memory improvement games, strong brand recognition, progress tracking, available on ios, android and pc, and used in over 180 countries
• Cons: Expensive, repetitive, and have issues with iOS/Android app synch with desktop

 #8. Learn a new language

Learning a new language is one of the most efficient  ways to improve your intelligence quotient (IQ)

I recently came across a fantastic new app called Chineasy Cards. This program makes learning Chinese both fun and aesthetically pleasing. The design principles are stronger than any other language app I have previously came across. I highly recommend this app if you are interested in learning Chinese.

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Brain training is powerful

Brain training is a powerful (yet simple) way to improve your brain power, IQ, creative thinking, and critical thinking skills.

As Marilyn vos Savan said,

“The mind can stretch. It can be strengthened, toned, and conditioned to perform miracles for you.” – Marilyn vos Savant

 By applying these, you will be able to increase your intelligence through brain training.