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Your Brain Exercise of the Week ~ JANUARY 2, 2023

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:

You will need a deck of cards.

Sort a deck of cards into:
– Different suits (and arrange lowest to highest and then highest to lowest)
– By number
– By color

Try to complete each sorting task in less than 2 minutes. Try again to complete in less than 1 minute.

If the exercise above feels too challenging, try this modification:

Sort a deck of cards into:
– Different suits (and arrange lowest to highest and then highest to lowest)
– By number
– By color

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If you enjoyed this activity, consider ordering The BCAT® Working Memory Exercise Book-Home Edition for hours of additional cognitive exercises that will help to protect your brain health and promote cognitive functioning.