2012年4月20日

Seeing is learning

In contrast to other types of reasoning—such as numerical and verbal reasoning—visual reasoning is not something directly addressed in most education systems. This may be because it is already used in a variety of subjects, such as art, sports, math, and music, so perhaps there seems little point in isolating it, as you would do with verbal reasoning (languages) or numerical reasoning (math), to develop that particular mental faculty. As a result, most people never learn how to realize their full visual thinking potential. What’s more, some psychologists suggest that the education system is at fault for labeling many visually gifted children as deficient because they do not fit into a verbally geared education system.


Enrich your spatial intelligence
Although your spatial reasoning skills are called upon all the time, it is usually for tasks that you do repeatedly, such as wheeling the shopping cart through the aisles of the supermarket or performing a parallel park on the familiar space of your driveway, and you tend to operate on autopilot. In doing so, you rely on your spatial memory rather than stimulate your spatial intelligence to tackle new spaces, shapes, forms, and dimensions. A simple and efficient way to improve your spatial intelligence is by doing a 3-D mechanical puzzle, such as Rubik’s cube. In addition, research has shown that playing video games has a marked effect on overall spatial awareness. For those of you who aren’t big on shoot‘em ups and racecar simulations, there are other simple ways to sharpen your spatial aptitude.

Source of Information : BRAIN TRAINING BOOST MEMORY, MAXIMIZE MENTAL AGILITY, & AWAKEN YOUR INNER GENIUS

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