boosting iq

Tips To Boost Our IQ

JISHA JOHNPR13CE2006I M.TECH IWRM

IQ (intelligence Quotient) is a measure developed from a series of standardized test to measure and compare intelligence among humans. Having a high IQ doesn’t really mean going to be successful in life, but it certainly can help make certain aspects of life easier - especially when it comes to scholastic activities.

Activities that are healthy for brain are generally related to helping boost IQ. There are links between IQ scores and : social status, parenting mortality and morbidity.

•Benefits of mental fitness : logical thinking : ability to discuss

problems with a clear line of logic and reasoning.

Creativity : act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.

Memory : it is the process in which information is encoded, stored and retrieved.

Focus : ability to hold images, ideas or focal points even with a fair degree of distraction

TRICKS

TO BOOSTS IQ

JOURNALINGMEDITATIONCYCLE HOBBIESPERIPHERAL ACTIVITIESREAD ONE BOOK PER

WEEKENGAGING FICTIONPUZZLESCOMPETITIVE GAMESEXPLORE ANOTHER’S

PERSPECTIVECREATE REGULARLY

THOUGHT EXPERIMENTBREAK ROUTINESNEW CULTURESLEARN OUTSIDE YOUR INTERESTSFRIENDLY DEBATETEACHPRACTICE NEW SKILLSFORCE CONSTRAINTSINTERLINKINCREASE MENTALL INTENSITY

TRICKS TO BOOST IQ

Journaling• Writing down our thoughts is a great

tool for problem solving. Journaling is our universal machine of the mental gym, providing good work outs for creativity, logic and focus.

meditation• Every one considering meditation as a

spiritual activity than the practical activity. There are different meditations suitable for different mental muscles:

Visualisation : we should be able to imagine and experience all the sensations of touch, taste, sound, smell and sight.

Focused breathing : Start by slowing your breathing to about 10-15 seconds per breath. Next focus on one specific part of your body on the inhale. Select a new focus on the exhale. You can then move this to noticing specific sounds or senses. A good exercise in focus.

Self dialog : Meditation makes it easier to talk with yourself. You can invent characters that can dialog with you, helping explore ideas.

Cycle hobbies• Take up new activities regularly. This

will keep your learning curve steep so your mind is always engaged at a high intensity. The activities may include painting, dancing, speaking, running, music, woodworking, programming, design and many others.

Peripheral Activities• Don’t just take new hobbies, take

ones that are vastly different from each other. Being a mile wide doesn’t just improve mental fitness, it gives you a broad base of metaphors for creativity.

Read One Book Per Week• Try to read one book each week.

Sometimes it will be difficult. But if you want to save time on reading we can learn speed reading.

Engaging Fiction

• Engage yourself in movies, books or television that makes you think. Television that makes you think might sound like an oxymoron, but the medium isn’t all bad if you know where to look. Engaging doesn’t just mean entertaining, but that it actively challenges your assumptions.

Puzzles

• Educational and recreation puzzles will help us to increase IQ. As well as we can choose crosswords and computer game puzzles. playing can keep your mind sharp as long as the learning curve is steep and it doesn’t become routine.

Competitive Games • Games that require strategic thinking

are excellent ways to boost your logic and empathizing skills. Chess may be an intellectual favourite, but newer games can hold more promise by being much more diverse, and having a deeper range of strategic options.

Explore Another’s Perspective

• Empathy is a mental, not just an emotional, ability. Exploring another’s perspective hones your ability to think through another’s eyes. Although empathy is often dismissed as being touchy-feely and not logical, the ability to think from another’s perspective is an advanced mental ability that doesn’t develop until we are several years old.

Thought Experiments

• Einstein was famous for thought experiments. This kind of reasoning ability is a mark of intelligence. Ask yourself, “What if?”

Break Routines • Try consciously breaking one of your

habits, just for a moment. Eat a different breakfast. Take a different route to work. Sleep in the opposite direction.

Friendly Debate

• Discuss, don’t argue. When you are in a debate you should try to persuade, but welcome opposing ideas not as attacks but opportunities. Debating forces you to examine your opinions.

Interlink

• Holistic learning is about linking ideas together. Spend some time to explore a subject and ask yourself how the pieces fit into other information. This will organize your thinking and improve your understanding.

Force Constraints

• Try washing yourself with your eyes closed. Writing right to left. Reading upside down. Extra constraints make problems more challenging, ramping up the mental intensity required.

Increase Mental Intensity

• Force yourself to use your brain more. All these ideas are just specific implementations to increase the mental intensity you face. Focus, strategy, logic and creativity are just a few of the mental muscles you should be exercising more regularly.

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