Your Brain Exercise of the Week ~ June 6, 2022
Working on your cognition is an important part of keeping your mind sharp and maintaining independence. One way to target your cognitive skills is to complete one or both of the tasks below.
*Remember, for this cognitive activity to qualify as a brain fitness exercise, you should participate at a level that is challenging for you.
Directions:
In this exercise you have a series of word pairs. Think about how the two words are related to each other. Can you identify 2 ways in which they are similar to one another and two ways they are different? Write down at least one pairing on a piece a paper. In five minutes, try to recall the paired words without looking at the paper.
If the exercise above feels too challenging, try this modification:
With each word pair think how the two words are related to each other. Can you find one similarity and one difference between the words? Repeat this with each word pairing.
