Games for the development of attention

For sure, each one had several times to reread a line from the book to understand what was written. Such a short-term loss of attention happens due to overwork, after rest the problem usually disappears. But even such a miserable simple attention can cause a lot of inconvenience, but what would happen if you are completely unable to concentrate? Therefore, the training of this quality begins almost from the diapers, even in the kindergarten children are offered games aimed at developing auditory and visual attention. But with age, the ability to concentrate is deteriorating, which can greatly affect the speed of work and its quality. However, it is not necessary to worry about this in particular, as with the help of games on the development of concentration of attention, one can significantly improve the situation. Of course, they will require effort, time and patience, but the ability to focus at the right moment is worth it.

Psychological games for the development of attention

Before you start the exercises, you need to relax and make sure that no one will distract you. You also need to remember the need for systematic training, if you only train from time to time, then the result is unlikely to wait.

  1. Open any unfamiliar picture, look at it for 4 seconds and close it. Try to remember as much detail as possible. The result can be considered excellent if you recall more than 9 elements, from 5 to 9 - well, less than 5 details - your level of attention needs an urgent increase.
  2. Turn on an interesting movie and put a watch next to it. Try to concentrate for 2 minutes only on the second hand, without being distracted by the film.
  3. Many games for the development of concentration of attention help to involve both hemispheres. To begin with, you can try to rotate your hand and your foot in different directions at the same time, when this is given simply, try to do the following. Take in hand on a felt-tip pen of different colors and draw with one hand a circle, and another - a triangle, and you need to do it simultaneously. Record the time and in one minute try to draw as many shapes as possible. If you managed to draw more than 10, consider this an excellent result, from 8 to 10 - good, 5-8 - medium, and if you draw 5 figures or less, you urgently need to start working on yourself.
  4. Take an object, look at it, trying to remember in all its details. Now hide it and try to draw it in all its details. Compare the original and drawing, marking inaccuracies.
  5. Previous games are aimed at developing visual attention, and to train the auditory you can use this exercise. In the evening, in a calm environment, try to remember all the conversations you heard during the day. Try to reproduce them as much as possible.
  6. Also, to develop auditory attention, you can listen more often to new music. Try the first time you listen to the song, remember the text and the melody, and when you turn it on again, test your abilities .
  7. Previous exercises are carried out individually, although some of them can be used for competitions in the company. This game using the Schulte tables will also be more interesting if you play it at least together. Cut out two small rectangles from the paper (one to yourself, the other to a partner). Fill in the list in random order by numbers from 1 to 90, 100, etc., in the letters of the Russian or Latin alphabet and change the tablets. Try to find all the symbols in order as quickly as possible.
  8. Very popular pictures where you need to look for differences. This method is most interesting for children, although there are also many admirers of this method among adults.
  9. Not always the deterioration of attention is harmless, in some cases it can be a symptom of a serious disorder. Therefore, if you have serious problems with the concentrations, you should contact a specialist.