{"id":2516,"date":"2021-06-15T06:25:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2021-06-15T06:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:25:16","slug":"3-belangrijke-strategieen-concentratieproblemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/3-major-strategies-and-concentration-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffering from concentration problems? Improve your concentration with these 3 important strategies!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You try to concentrate, but your mind wanders or you are easily distracted. What happened to the laser-sharp focus and concentration you always had?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like a computer that slows down with use, the brain accumulates wear and tear that affects processing. This can be caused by a number of physiological stressors such as inflammation, damage to blood vessels (especially if you have high blood pressure), the build-up of abnormal proteins and naturally occurring brain shrinkage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We list the possible factors that cause your concentration loss and how you can ensure that your concentration improves again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible Factors Affecting Your Concentration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following factors can also affect your concentration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underlying Causes and Conditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Depression or sleep disorders (such as sleep apnea) can severely undermine your ability to concentrate. So are the effects of sight or hearing loss. You're wasting precious cognitive resources if you spend too much time trying to decipher what's on a page or just hearing what someone is saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Side effects of medication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some medications, especially anticholinergics<\/a> that inhibit impulse transmission in the motor nervous system (such as treatments for incontinence, depression, or allergies) can slow processing speed and your ability to think clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drinking excessively<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Consuming too much alcohol impairs thinking and causes interrupted sleep, which significantly affects concentration during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information overload<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We worden gebombardeerd met informatie van tv’s, computers en berichten zoals sms’jes of e-mails. Als er te veel materiaal is, belast het ons filtersysteem en wordt het enorm gemakkelijk afgeleid. Zeker naarmate mensen ouder worden, wordt het uitfilteren van prikkels die niet relevant zijn voor de taak lastiger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More focus? Try this exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you want a way to increase your attention and focus? Neuropsychologist Kim Willment of a Harvard-affiliated hospital suggests a single-task exercise, such as reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Lees 30 minuten lang iets en stel een timer in die elke vijf minuten afgaat. Als het afgaat, vraag jezelf dan af of je gedachten zijn afgedwaald. Als dat zo is, concentreer je dan gewoon opnieuw op wat je aan het lezen bent. Door je hersenen te trainen om te controleren of je geest afdwaalt, versterk je het monitoringproces en het vermogen om je op een enkele taak te concentreren.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategies to Maintain Concentration and Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Consider the following strategies to improve attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mindfulness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mindfulness<\/a> is about focusing attention on the present moment, and practicing mindfulness has been shown to rewire the brain so that attention is stronger in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advice is to sit still for a few minutes every day, close your eyes and focus on your breathing and the sounds and sensations around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Improve your concentration with 1 these 3 important strategies: mindfulness! (fig<\/a>.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cognitive training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Automated cognitive training games are designed to improve your reaction times and attention. The evidence that this fully works is mixed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of playing these games is not to get better at them, but to get better at the cognitive activities of daily living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is some evidence that a person's ability to pay attention during such a cognitive training game can be improved by gradually pushing the person to higher levels of performance. Then when you reach a certain level of sustained attention, it can help to push your limits and then take it to the next level, which you can benefit from in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A healthier lifestyle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many aspects of a healthy lifestyle can help improve concentration and attention, starting with sleep and exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a direct link between exercise and cognitive ability, especially maintaining attention. When you do sports and exercise, you increase the availability of brain chemicals that promote new brain connections, reduce stress and improve sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when we sleep, we reduce stress hormones that can harm the brain, while also removing proteins that damage it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aim for seven to eight hours sleep<\/a> per night and 150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other healthy steps to improve focus: Eat a Mediterranean diet, which has been shown to improve the health of the brain<\/a> supports; treat underlying conditions; and change medications that may affect your ability to concentrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can't control aging, but if you do this in the healthiest way possible, it can also maintain and even improve your concentration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources ao ArtofManliness (link<\/a>), Harvard (link<\/a>), HealthLine (link<\/a>), VeryWellMind (link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Je probeert je te concentreren, maar je geest dwaalt af of je bent snel afgeleid. Wat is er gebeurd met de laserscherpe focus en concentratie wat je vroeger altijd had? Net als een computer die trager wordt door gebruik, stapelen de hersenen slijtage op die de verwerking be\u00efnvloedt. Dit kan worden veroorzaakt door een aantal […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[38,36],"tags":[113,12,160,138,97,152,30,14,46,107,25,58,18,27,137,153,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}