How many passwords we know that are not its , in the classical sense of the term? Words derived from foreign languages or Latin that have entered everyday jargon and that we use regularly as if they were terms of the mother tongue.
It might seem like there are only a few dozen, but in reality there are a lot of them. Recovering as many of them as possible helps us focus on the words we use when we speak, improving the "grip" mechanism and speeding up the linguistic skills.
We are at episode number 33 of the column “Mental gymnastics" for a "Winning Brain” the result 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 A stimulating mental gymnastics exercise is proposed on FIRSTonline different mental abilities. In the banner on the right of our home page or here all the exercises already published are grouped together, which have stimulated a different ability of our brain each time.
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 33: “The last letter”
This week we propose a new exercise “The Last Letter” for the column “The Winning Brain” that develops and strengthens the following mental skills: language, concentration, processing speed.
How it takes place
Delivery: Find all the words that come to mind that end with a consonant.
Example: Box, Bus, etc.
Execution time: 120 seconds.
Score: 5 points for each word.
Traguardo: Score at least 100 points in 120 seconds.
Strengthening: find at least 20 words in 120 seconds that begin with a vowel and end with a consonant.
variants: organize the words into groups based on the final letter.Invitation: write the words you found in the comments.
Call: write the words you found in the comments.
