Training Muscles ‘verses’Training the Brain
Training Muscles ‘verses’ Training the Brain
Sometimes you might hear that “your brain is a muscle”. Well, its not. It is much more advanced than just a muscle and completely useless at lifting heavy objects off the ground.
There are some similarities though, especially when it comes to training.
Just as you can exercise your muscles to get stronger, you can do the same for your brain too. Specifically those related to Working Memory to increase your ability to pay attention - a skill most people would find really useful.
“Repeated training of Working Memory, leads to increassed capacity”
Here are 7 aspects where training your body, and training your brain are similar:
Those are similarities, but there are differences too. One of them, is that it is much easier to find a training program for your muscles that actually works.
“It is easy to lose interest or motivation,
and drop out of working memory
practice, if you don’t have a coach”
Cogmed offers something unique: a training program that helps you increase your Working Memory, and thereby your ability to pay attention for longer periods of time, with more than 100 clinical studies to confirm its effectiveness. Find a summary of them here
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About the Author
Usha Patel is a Neurocognitive Therapist and Director at Raviv Practice London. Parents searching to help their suspected/neurodiverse child can get evidence-based solutions with results in as little as 8 weeks. Those in search of jargon-free help can get started straight away.
