Training of the short-term memory

The performance of short-term memory can to a certain extent be equated with intelligence. Nevertheless, one can train one’s short-term memory and thus also one’s powers of comprehension and concentration. This is colloquially also called brain jogging.

Meanwhile, there are countless exercises from different sources, but they often cover the same categories: Exercises for dealing with numbers or mental arithmetic, language and words, concentration, logical understanding and retentiveness. Simple training methods are for example Sudoku or short mental arithmetic exercises under time pressure. Both promote the handling of numbers and let the brain become faster with regular practice.

Crossword puzzles are also a popular form of brain jogging in the language category. The brain thus learns to find verbal answers faster through short-term memory. Exercises for logical understanding are, for example, tasks of a classic IQ test, in which a symbol must be found logically matching a series of other symbols or meaningfully supplementing sequences of numbers.

Concentration is also trained for many tasks. Short-term memory, which stands for short-term memory, can be best promoted with games such as Memory or similar. All these methods are ultimately playful exercises that can be easily integrated into everyday life.

Meanwhile, many daily newspapers have printed puzzles and sudokus that can be solved, for example, over coffee in the morning. For busy people, there are also numerous smartphone apps that offer short brainteasers that can be completed during a train ride, for example. However, it is precisely our modern technology, with which information can be accessed everywhere and at all times, that is leading to a decline in the general memory capacity of the population.

Brain jogging is the best way to counteract this or the forgetfulness that comes with age. You can’t go wrong, every exercise helps the brain to stay fit. The more often and regularly one trains, the sooner an improvement of the memory achievement adjusts itself.About 10-15 minutes a day is enough, the more exercise categories you cover, the better. If, despite regular demands on the thinking ability, a noticeable deterioration should still occur, one should consult a neurologist in order to be able to exclude a physical cause for it.