Man needs rest and time to regain strength for his productive activities. Of course, if you're just falling off your feet, you don't want to think about anything but sleeping or watching TV in the evening. But active recreation and hobbies are also a great source of rejuvenation, drawing ideas and your development.

Let me share with you those hobbies that help not to lose the liveliness of the mind, develop thinking and train the brain.

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Solving puzzles, participating in quests, intellectual games

These hobbies are not just an interesting pastime with friends, they develop logic, learn to compare facts and consider a situation or problem from different points of view.

Reading detective stories

No less good warm-up for the brain. After all, a detective is always a mystery. Reading them, we together with the investigator try to calculate the culprit, analyze the cause-and-effect relationships. And detectives develop the ability to inductive thinking - the ability to draw conclusions from partial to general. From various details we make a general picture of the event like a puzzle.

And if you've already read all of Sherlock, Poirot and Marple, we can advise you on the adventures of Harry Hole. We in the editorial office recently discovered this series of excellent detective stories by Norwegian author Yu Nesbyo.

Puzzle

A variety of puzzles such as puzzles make us attentive, sedentary, neat and patient. They develop logical thinking, imagination and understanding of spatial characteristics.

If you have a habit of spending half an hour every night on puzzles, it will be much more useful for brain development than the habit of, for example, watching a show.

Video games

Video games, which are often enjoyed by teenagers, can also have a positive effect on brain function. U.S. researchers Baveler and Green of the University of Rochester conducted experiments that found that gamers are better at solving strategic problems and able to memorize more complex algorithms.

And at the University of Iowa, a study was conducted that yielded sensational results. 681 retired participants in the experiment were able to slow down the aging process up to 7 years.

But in everything, of course, a measure is needed. The brain can be "pumped" even while playing, the main thing is not to abuse, otherwise the "elf of the 50th level" may lose the ability to socialize.

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Learning a foreign language

This is not only useful, because knowledge of the language can be useful in any situation, can help with employment and increase your income. And language learning trains the brain and develops memory.

Spend your free time with benefit and pleasure. Rejoice in small victories in chess games, read, play - do what you like and get smarter in front of your eyes!

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