Schulte Tables: A Unique Method for Activating the Brain and Developing Attention

Schulte tables: developing attention

 

What is the Schulte table? Most often, this is a 5x5 table of cells, in which numbers from 1 to 25 are randomly placed. The table was developed to study the properties of attention. Initially, and even now, it is used by psychologists for various studies. And in the process of working with these tables, it was discovered that simply "cutting through" them has a good effect on the development of memory and attention of a person.





 

First of all, when working with Schulte tables, a person develops three-dimensional (parallel) attention, i.e. the symbols that are in your field of vision are perceived by you at the same time, and are not read in turn.

Secondly, working with Schulte tables resembles meditation in its condition, which also has a positive effect on the intellectual development of a person.

The essence of working with tables is to sequentially find all the numbers from 1 to 25 with your eyes and this must be done in the shortest possible time.

1. Place the Schulte chart at a comfortable distance from your eyes, as you are placing a 30-40 cm reading book.

2. Find the square located in the center of the table and imagine that there is a dot in its very center, so you need to fix your gaze on it.

3. Next, fixing your gaze on the center of the table, try to see the number 1. It is necessary to "see", and not "find with your eyes". The main task is to find the cell with the number 1 without moving your eyes.

4. As soon as you find one, then slowly, continuing to fix your gaze on the center, look for a two, etc.





At first, when working with tables, your eyes will behave as in Fig.1, but as you practice, your eye movements will become less and less intense. And their work will be the same as in Fig.2

Regular work with Schulte tables will allow you to:

to activate the thought process and bring the mind to an active state;

activate memory;

to develop the skill of quick decision-making.

During the training, the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex are activated. This ensures an increase in the efficiency of all intellectual processes that take place in the brain in the process of making any decisions. This part of our brain is responsible for how well we are able to organize our thoughts and actions in light of the goals we have set for ourselves. Also, these areas of the brain are thought to be the focus of the processes that underlie our attention.

Scientists conducted various experiments in the field of functional neuroimaging. With the help of devices, the intensity of blood movement in various parts of the cerebral cortex was recorded when the subjects solved various intellectual tasks (crosswords, Schulte tables, arithmetic problems, puzzles, etc.). Based on the results of the research, scientists made two conclusions:

When the subject was given a new task, it caused a significant rush of blood to the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex. If the task was repeated, then the blood flow was much lower.

The intensity of blood flow depended not only on the novelty of the task, but also on its nature. And the highest intensity was recorded when the subjects worked with Schulte tables.

It is during classes with tables that the maximum blood flow goes to the areas of the frontal lobes. And the brain is not distracted and does not waste resources on any additional expenses, as was observed when solving arithmetic problems, memorizing poems or solving crossword puzzles.

Regular training with Schulte tables gives a noticeable increase in memory capacity and, perhaps more importantly, will significantly increase the speed of processing the information in it.

 

 

P.S. And remember, just by changing your consciousness – we change the world together! ©

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