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Usha Patel, Neurocognitive Therapist and Director of Raviv Practice London shares her first-hand experience of working with children /adults and the latest research and upcoming events in her series of blog posts.
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.
Working Memory - Your Minds Muscle
Try calculating 13 times 6 mentally – really, go ahead and try! Most people will begin by calculating 10×6, and put that result (60) to the side, then calculate 3 × 6 (18), and then add the two together (78).
How Tom Daley has shown the nation a few things other than diving….like knitting!
A few years back summer of 2021, we are all glued to our TV sets watching the Tokyo Olympics. Nothing was more amusing than seeing Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Daley's knitting. Tom was seen showing off his work to the cameras as he knitted a pouch for his pending medal. So charming – we all went “ahhhh!”.