Find one or more objects in a context where there are many elements it can be burdensome and, even if what we are looking for is before our eyes, we do not see it. To be more efficient and faster, you need to have a good capacity for selective attention, concentration and processing speed. To train all these skills, the exercise I propose today uses a table in which there are many numbers and letters that must be found to compose words with complete meaning.
We are at episode number 49 of the column “Mental gymnastics" for a "Winning Brain” the result of the collaboration of FIRST online with the professor Giuseppe Alfredo Iannoccari, neuropsychologist, professor at the State University of Milan and president of Assomensana, the association for the development and enhancement of mental activities. Every Sunday is proposed on FIRST online a mental gymnastics exercise that stimulates different mental abilities. In the banner on the right of our home page are grouped all the exercises already published, which have stimulated each time a different ability of our brain.
Let's remember the basic rules
For each exercise you will be shown:
- which cognitive functions it stimulates
- what purpose does it serve in everyday life
- delivery to carry out the exercise
- how long should the execution time be?
- how to calculate the score
- the finish line for an optimal score
- how to make it more empowering
- which variations to adopt to continue doing so
Mental Gymnastics Exercise Number 49: “Word Extraction”
This week we propose the new exercise “Word Extraction” for the column The Winning Brain that develops and strengthens the following mental abilities: Language, Planning, Concentration, Selective Attention, Processing Speed
Delivery: Compose 10 words of at least 5 letters each, using only the letters in the table. Once used, the letters can be reused to compose other words.
| A | 1 | G | 30 | 5 | B | N | 6 |
| 3 | L | O | L | F | Q | M | E |
| I | A | P | V | O | D | C | U |
| S | R | 6 | 9 | Q | M | 30 | N |
| 20 | 2 | G | 3 | Z | 20 | T | 60 |
| 70 | D | H | M | C | F | E | 8 |
| 18 | G | 15 | B | S | P | O | V |
| 2 | 80 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 33 |
| I | V | I | H | E | 40 | B | 2 |
| 10 | Z | R | L | T | F | 10 | E |
Execution time: 3 minutes.
Score: 10 points per word.
Traguardo: score 100 points in 3 minutes.
Strengthening: Use the numbers in the table as you wish – adding, dividing, subtracting, multiplying – so as to obtain the total of 100 three times in 3 minutes.
Call: Write your solutions in the comments
