The "Does cubing have positive effects on my life/brain" thread

It doesn't affect me academically because I don't study but still get good grades. Maybe I'm just lucky like that. I've always had a hobby that takes up potential study time.
 
piece popper said:
It doesn't affect me academically because I don't study but still get good grades. Maybe I'm just lucky like that. I've always had a hobby that takes up potential study time.
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May I ask how old you are or what grade you're in? Don't answer if you don't want to.

OT, last year in geometry, when we were doing some simple trig I remember that my friend who cubes and I had a lot easier time on some stuff that required spatial awareness than the other people. And when I'm teaching people to solve a layer, they always have a hard time keeping track of pieces after just a few moves. So spatial awareness is definitely improved. Other than that, I don't think it has helped me a lot.
 
Since I started cubing I realized that with enough practise you can become good at anything. Good in a sense to be good enough to "impress" other people.

Skill shows like people juggling balls on their feet, peolpe playing the guitar and other cool stuff doesn't impress me any more.
It took some fascination away from my life.
But it's still fun I guess
 
Rubik's cube charm lies in the different regions of the brain can be trained for different play.
Most people only pursuit of the Rubik's Cube is a good fight, basic training right brain (spatial imagination).
But also play a "minimal steps" left brain (logical thinking) training, like me and my classmates Cube mathematical model is also left brain training. "Blindfolded" is the right brain and memory.
 
I feel sharper in everyday things. I just notice things more and feel like my brain can take more information at once. Especially after learning how the brain works in psychology. Also in chemistry we watched a video on how brains work and I learned that Einsteins brain was consistent with other violinist's brain in this way: they all had a certain concentration of neurons in one certain area that controlled many of the things needed to play violin especially well. And the same for pianists. And that makes me wonder, do each of us have a certain area in our brain that has been enlarged because of the frequent use of our fingers and spatial awareness? Kind of interesting. It makes me feel like us cubers are all connected in a sense. :)
 
JF1zl3 said:
I feel sharper in everyday things. I just notice things more and feel like my brain can take more information at once. Especially after learning how the brain works in psychology. Also in chemistry we watched a video on how brains work and I learned that Einsteins brain was consistent with other violinist's brain in this way: they all had a certain concentration of neurons in one certain area that controlled many of the things needed to play violin especially well. And the same for pianists. And that makes me wonder, do each of us have a certain area in our brain that has been enlarged because of the frequent use of our fingers and spatial awareness? Kind of interesting. It makes me feel like us cubers are all connected in a sense. :)
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I don't think learning new things and practicing new skills makes your brain bigger, I think it just changes its structure, the way things are connected.
 
omer said:
I don't think learning new things and practicing new skills makes your brain bigger, I think it just changes its structure, the way things are connected.
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No, it's proven that it physically affects the concentration of neurons in a certain area of the brain in a way that is physically visible. At least for violinists and pianists. I just figured it would be reasonable to assume the same for dedicated Culver's.
 
JF1zl3 said:
I feel sharper in everyday things. I just notice things more and feel like my brain can take more information at once. Especially after learning how the brain works in psychology. Also in chemistry we watched a video on how brains work and I learned that Einsteins brain was consistent with other violinist's brain in this way: they all had a certain concentration of neurons in one certain area that controlled many of the things needed to play violin especially well. And the same for pianists. And that makes me wonder, do each of us have a certain area in our brain that has been enlarged because of the frequent use of our fingers and spatial awareness? Kind of interesting. It makes me feel like us cubers are all connected in a sense. :)
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That's interesting. So I must have an enlarged area of my brain because of being violinist and pianist and cuber. :) But is it violinist and pianist because that's what they did studies on or does it also apply to other instruments that also require very good finger/hand coordination?
 
sneaklyfox said:
That's interesting. So I must have an enlarged area of my brain because of being violinist and pianist and cuber. :) But is it violinist and pianist because that's what they did studies on or does it also apply to other instruments that also require very good finger/hand coordination?
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I forgot you play violin as well lol, you must have multiple areas of your brain super-concentrated with neurons haha.
If I understand correctly, I think it applies to anything that uses an intense specific action from your body repeatedly.
Ex: Speed Channel-Surfing. If that were to exist, and people were trying to see how quickly they could browse all their channels by clicking their remote repeatedly then I believe the area in their brain that controls their thumb's functions would become enlarged from increased usage.
I don't think it is because of things like learning algs or fingertricks, but rather the movement of your fingers in intricate ways itself.
 
JF1zl3 said:
I forgot you play violin as well lol, you must have multiple areas of your brain super-concentrated with neurons haha.
If I understand correctly, I think it applies to anything that uses an intense specific action from your body repeatedly.
Ex: Speed Channel-Surfing. If that were to exist, and people were trying to see how quickly they could browse all their channels by clicking their remote repeatedly then I believe the area in their brain that controls their thumb's functions would become enlarged from increased usage.
I don't think it is because of things like learning algs or fingertricks, but rather the movement of your fingers in intricate ways itself.
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lol... you forgot that I play violin... it's in my signature everytime. :p The theory is all very interesting. I suppose having very fast typing fingers should also enlarge that area of the brain then. Come to think of it, I type fairly fast too. But when you talk about intense specific action, does it need some sort of finger coordination? I mean, clicking on your remote with your thumb as fast as possible doesn't require much coordination with other fingers. It doesn't even require the coordination you need for one or two fingers as you might if you were very fast at texting or if you were to type two letters repeatedly with two different fingers ("jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk" for example).
 
sneaklyfox said:
lol... you forgot that I play violin... it's in my signature everytime. :p The theory is all very interesting. I suppose having very fast typing fingers should also enlarge that area of the brain then. Come to think of it, I type fairly fast too. But when you talk about intense specific action, does it need some sort of finger coordination? I mean, clicking on your remote with your thumb as fast as possible doesn't require much coordination with other fingers. It doesn't even require the coordination you need for one or two fingers as you might if you were very fast at texting or if you were to type two letters repeatedly with two different fingers ("jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk" for example).
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Interesting... I mean, this was only a 2 minute clip of the video we watched in chemistry, so I cannot say with much certainty that it is only for a specific action. Perhaps it does in fact have to do with the studying of it as well. I'm betting that it is a combination of knowledge + Coordination.
All I can assume is that doing something that requires intense thought processes and a specific coordinated action leads to a concentration of neurons in the area of the brain that controls the body parts being coordinated. I suppose this could apply to other things that don't even require any finger coordination such as... olympic sports or something lol. All though that would be all over the person's brain since it isn't just one activity.
 
My memory seems to have gotten... what was that word?
The opposite of bett... Wait, what was I typing again?

No seriously, I think it's probably not due to cubing but from stress crap what with applying to high schools and studying for SOL's and stuff
 
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