Inattentions and distractions are the order of the day. How many times do we not find the cell phone that is right in front of our eyes? Or fail to notice a detail present in the environment? The brain tends to save energy and see only the essentials of what surrounds us, leaving aside most of the elements present in the place where we are. Sometimes, however, we need our be careful it is efficient and that he knows focus on specific details.
We are at episode number 26 of the column “Mental Gymnastics” for a “Winning Brain” fruit of the collaboration of FIRST online 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 an exercise is proposed on FIRSTonline mental gymnastics that stimulates different mental abilities. In the banner to the right of our home page or here they are grouped together all exercises already published, which stimulated a different ability of our brain each time.
The scientific conference Longeva-mente on September 20th
Thanks to the collaboration between Assomensana and AIMF Health – Italian Association of Functional Medicine – the scientific conference will take place on 20 September 2024 in Milan, at the Hotel Melià, via Masaccio 19. LONG-LIVING-MIND from 9 to 18. The event will offer an analysis of the most recent scientific evidence on the topic of longevity of the mind and brain through various aspects considered to be decisive, such as nutrition, socialization, bio-physiological conditions and personal care. Here's the details of the conference.
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 26: “Watch out for yellow”
This week we propose the exercise “Watch out for yellow” for the column The winning brain that develops and strengthens these mental skills: Selective attention, Concentration, processing speed, Mental flexibility in order to be quick and fast, avoiding being distracted by anything else.
Delivery: Identify as quickly as possible, in the environment you are in, the greatest number of objects of the colour 'yellow'.
Execution time: 45 seconds.
Score: 10 points for each item found.
Traguardo: Score at least 100 points in 45 seconds.
Strengthening: find 10 objects in 30 seconds.
variants. Look for objects of the following colors: red; green; purple. Look for objects of the following shapes: round; square; triangular, etc.
Call. Write in the comments the objects found in the given time
