I go fast walking early in the morning every other day in a park near my home. Whenever I encounter a person, I say: “Good morning.” It is a form of acknowledgment and a good wish. What fascinates me is the kind of responses I get. They range from: “Good morning (smiling friendly), good morning (surprise), good morning (surprise and then warm smile), a grunt, and silence.

Now let’s look at this from another angle. Visualize walking into a room full of people and saying hello with a friendly smile. What would you feel if nobody acknowledged you? Most of us will feel rejected and, depending on our stage of mind, even furious. On the other hand, if only one person smiles and acknowledges your greeting, you feel good. All those feelings and emotions are happening in your brain, and you become conscious. We are a social species. We want to be recognized in a particular way. So, it is with our brain. When you say hello to your brain, you feel good. Nevertheless, you feel rejected if you ignore your brain. You might be thinking now, what does this have to do with brain training and the excellent morning test? The answer is a lot. Because brain training is a way to say hello to your brain to recognize your brain, by doing so, you will be able to say good morning with a smile and feel good about yourself. I know, I know, the question is how?

A good brain training program will do the trick. For example, the one I use in my practice as a braining trainer is BrainHQ from Posit Science. The brain exercises in this program go to the root of our brain abilities, i.e., attention, brain speed, memory, people skills, intelligence, and navigation. Look at the above picture. I want you to imagine that each door is the entrance to the six brain abilities I mentioned. So, the first door will be the door of attention; the second one will be the door of brain speed; the third will be the door of memory, and so on. You try to open the door of attention it does not open. It is jammed because this door has been closed for a long time. The hinges are all rusted. The exercises I mentioned before act as lubricants for the hinges of this door and all other doors. If you train regularly with BrainHQ, you will lubricate the hinges of all these six doors and then be able to say good morning with a smile. Better still, your brain will be healthy and happy.

Note: If you want to dig deeper into these concepts, I recommend you read Soft-Wired by Dr. Michael Merzenich

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My name is Julian L Sevillano. I am the Executive Director of this space that aims to disseminate pertinent information about the human brain, emphasizing brain neuroplasticity and the tools that can help us weather our circumstances. My mission is to bring some hope regarding the dilemma of people of all ages. And the difficulty is because we not only have to fight with problems that our condition brings but also with what adaptation to the results of the pandemic and the so-called "New Normal" entails. Notice to the reader that I said "our condition" since I just turned 86! I continued my studies at Harvard Extension School in Fundamentals of Neuroscience. I obtained Certificates in the Electrical Properties of Neurons, Neural Networks and Neurons and The Brain. I previously studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting and economics. I am the Coordinator of Neurocognitive Research Programs for Seniors—I-Function, Inc. (University of Miami School of Medicine start-up). I am a Consultant at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging. Miller School of Medicine. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. I also work as a Neuroplasticity and BrainHQ Posit Science Certified Brain Adequacy Trainer at brain training centers located at the Village Activity Center in Key Biscayne, Florida, at the City of Coral Gables, Florida Activity Center, and The Palace Coral Gables (self-contained accommodations and services for seniors) in Coral Gables, Florida.

2 thoughts on “BRAIN TRAINING 101. THE GOOD MORNING TEST”

  1. Good morning to you and to my brain. You always respond, sometimes that other guy does not. You are such a remarkable person, Julian. You continue to be one of the great joys in my life. We must talk sometime soon. I think that I must seriously take some of your brain training courses. Take good care… lovely to be in touch.

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