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How to increase your concentration
« on: May 11, 2011, 08:16:43 pm »
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What are some excercises/methods that help with increasing your concentration. What i mean by this is, is that i really want to be able to focus for say a full hour or hour and half, so that in sacs/exams i wont lose that easy mark or so, or get caught up in a question and just lose track of where i am. Atm i'm able to give it 100% concentration for about 15-20mins then it would usually start dropping.
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2011, 08:45:22 pm »
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I guess just be determined in what end result you're looking for :)
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2011, 09:09:09 pm »
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If I was able to concentrate for 15-20 minutes, that'd probably be enough.
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2011, 10:18:35 pm »
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 10:30:12 pm »
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Swarley, your already concentrating more than me. I can't even attain 100% Concentration. Good job.
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2011, 11:42:19 pm »
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explosive discharge of neuromuscular tension
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2011, 01:44:43 am »
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I don't think youll find a "trick" like this really.

Anything you do won't really give you a hugely explosive increase in results.

I remember reading somewhere certain kinds of meditation have been proven to increase concentration (you can look it up on wikipedia if you like).

You could try some suppliments or something  here.

Whatever you do though, it will be subtle. You won't get the explosive increase in concentration you're looking for.

Really, be weary of what people tell you. You aren't suddenly going to gain mental super powers.

Humans aren't really engineered for this sort of thing anyway, for most of existence we've been more focused on dealing with the immediate as in "Oh, shit dude is that a tiger over there?" rather than sitting down and sharing study tips with the tiger... you see my point right?
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2011, 10:22:35 pm »
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try yoga... increases O2 to the brain.. i think :) and eat low GI foods.
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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2011, 11:24:07 pm »
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Quote from: ariawuu on May 12, 2011, 10:22:35 pm
try yoga... increases O2 to the brain.. i think :) and eat low GI foods.

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Re: How to increase your concentration
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2011, 04:29:56 pm »
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Yeah i just wanna be able maintain a focused mindset throughout assessment tasks etc. From what ive noticed so far, most of the marks that ive lost in sacs are due to me losing concentration which then has a chain affect and drops from there :S
Ill have a look at some of the stuff mentioned, but what ive been trying this week is just stay focused in class and not get distracted which has worked. However, it is quite tiring.
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