If you are a good student at school, then they say about you, "smart", "capable." But this is not always the case. You can learn a subject, but acquiring other mental skills can be quite difficult.
Instruction manual
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For the development of mental abilities, there are several ways to advise. Never stop reading. Read at any age and not only entertaining literature, but also scientific, educational, artistic, biographical, historical. This will expand your horizons, you will begin to think more figuratively, you will have an artistic taste. If the book immediately seemed incomprehensible to you, you can postpone it, and after a while read it again. Many began to perceive "war and peace" only in adulthood. At school, this work is precisely “passed”, without delving into either the syllable or the images, or the plot plainly either. Reading helps the development of intelligence, more voluminous thinking. It was not for nothing that they said that the book is a source of knowledge. You will also find a lot of interesting things on the Internet, but this is not the same reading.
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For the development of memory, you can offer a solution to crosswords, various puzzles, try to remember and retell what you watched or read the day before, or even several days ago. To develop attention, we can advise you to focus more often on certain specific tasks, not to be distracted by outsiders and not to be annoyed if you are distracted, remembering about your main task.
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In addition, for the development of mental abilities, it is desirable to alternate mental and physical work, at least for a few minutes. The human brain is designed in such a way that he needs rest, and the best rest for him is physical work, at this moment the brain turns off some of its functions, and the voltage gradually goes away.
Useful advice
Of course, in order to become “smart”, many factors inherent in a person from childhood are needed. And they must be developed sequentially, starting with "diapers."