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Professional life Routine at work leads to the depletion of intelligence
Most people today have a lot of stress in their professional lives. This pressure at work can even have a negative impact on our health. But what if workers are hardly required in their job? Researchers have now found that brain performance decreases when we only do the same routine tasks.
Can we have negative consequences if we are under-challenged in our work and always do the same recurring tasks? Scientists have now discovered in an investigation that our brain is mentally degraded when it is barely challenged at work. Similarly, if we have to spend a long time in the hospital. However, there are some practical exercises to counter this degradation, reports the news agency "dpa" to the study results.
Do you perform the same tasks every day at work? Then you should do some daily exercises to keep your brain fit. Constantly repetitive tasks challenge our brains, and for that reason our IQ degrades over time. (Image: ra2 studio / fotolia.com) Routine is the enemy of spiritual development
The researchers found out in their research that, for example, help workers at the age of 25, who had already learned everything important in their profession, mentally break down very quickly, explains the researchers Siegfried Lehrl, President of the Society for Brain Training. Already before, other studies had dealt with this topic. One of the investigations, for example, observed patients in hospitals. Even with these people was to be found that their intelligence fell sharply. The intelligence quotient (IQ) of the subjects dropped by five points after one week. The situation worsened when hospitalization lasted longer. If the patients were in the hospital for a period of three weeks, the IQ dropped even by twenty points, writes the dpa. Routine is an enemy of spiritual development, says Lehrl.
First exercise against mental degradation:
However, it is possible to counteract degradation with the simplest exercises. Workers can literally train their brains. At best, people have to do something for their mind every day. Such exercises should be part of the normal daily routine such as getting up in the morning or eating something. For example, one possible exercise would be: We pick a report out of the paper every morning, and then we circle the words with certain groups of letters. For example, we could orbit all words that contain an "au". So that no repeats of content occur, we should always choose different items. In addition, the letter groups should also vary. Ten minutes of exercise are enough, then our brain is then fully capable, explains Lehrl in the dpa communication.
Second exercise against mental degradation:
Another exercise would be to think simple words and turn them around in our heads. These words should initially consist of no more than five letters, reports the dpa. For example, in this exercise, the word "light" becomes the word "light". Through the process it is possible to train the memory of our brain. This is the most important size for us. When we perform such exercises regularly, we can process information faster. In addition, our so-called memory spread increases. This refers to the number of details we can keep in mind at the same time, reports the dpa.
When moving, people can think faster
But not only does our brain have to be trained, the physical side also plays an important role in our mental fitness, explains Lehrl to the news agency. Do not ingest too much sugar or fat, and be sure to exercise enough. Get off the bus one stop earlier on the way to work, then walk the rest of the way at a brisk pace. Go up the stairs more often, instead of waiting for the elevator. Grab your bike and go for a long bike ride. In fact, one can think faster during exercise, more funnily, this counts even for the chewing of chewing gum, the physicians are quoted by the dpa.