Improve Your Memory (Level 1 of 3): 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

Find Duplicate [2]

Study the following 4 images, A, B, C and D, for 6 minutes. Then look at the fifth image at the bottom this post, and without reviewing the first 4 images again, try to answer that the fifth image is a copy of which image; A, B, C or D?

After studying the above images for 6 minutes, look at the following image, and try to remember that this image is a copy for which image; A, B, C, or D!

Ready?

Look!

What is your answer?

ANSWER:

B

Memorization Tips for Kinesthetic Learners

Memorization Tips for Kinesthetic Learners
Source: Memory Improvement Central

Kinesthetic learners are those who learn best by doing. Instead of listening to a lecture drawing a diagram on the pros and cons of a certain situation, a kinesthetic learner is one that does best by actually participating and experimenting. These are the ones that tend to love role playing opportunities, science labs and interactive exhibits to help them learn and retain certain information.

Memorization as a kinesthetic learner can be a little more difficult than for those who are auditory or visual learners. Instead of the typical study methods like flash cards, taking notes and listening to lectures, kinesthetic learners need to find a way to study that can work with the way their brain functions best. In this case, doing something like building a model car or playing a sport will not typically help them remember the Tables of Elements.
Kinesthetic learners will typically benefit from hands-on experiments and situations in which they can touch, feel, or observe the information in a different way than others. Instead of reading about history in a history book, they may feel compelled to hit the historical museum in order to fully understand the material. Or, when it comes to science, lab classes will be entirely up their alley, where they get to dissect and examine species and Petry dishes in order to learn about the world around them.

Whether you’re an auditory learner, a visual learner, or a kinesthetic learner, your brain processes information in the best way it knows how. Not every memorization technique will work for everyone, just as not every learning opportunity will stick with every person. Everyone is different, and so are the ways they retain and store information for the long haul—but by knowing your learning style, you will quickly find ways of making information and data more memorable and relevant to you and the way you learn best.

Memory - Simple Test 1

Look at the following composition for 1 minute.

Now, wait for a couple of minutes, and then answer the following questions:

1. How many ducks did you see?

2. How many sparrows did you see?

3. How many types of creatures did you see?

4. To which side did the frogs turn their heads?

5. What creature had the lowest population?

Chain of Words (No. 6)

This is the sixth time that you are doing this exercise; again: it's important that you preform this time better than past. So do your best to get a better result.

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Words No. 6".

2) You should accomplish this practice only in 20 minutes (as you did it before).

3) Full concentration; nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell, TV, radio, etc.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in the highest speed that you can do!

5) Write down a list of words, starting with December. The second word should start with a "D", because December ends with "D". The third word in the list should start with the last letter of your second word. Each item in your list should be a single word: a verb, an adverb, a noun, etc. any word but not a person name. Example: december, rain, nine, electronics, state, evolve, earth, hot, tip, point, ...

You may write any words that you wrote in the previous Chain of Words exercises if you can (that's great if you can remember those words); however, this is not mandatory in this exercise.

Take a clock to measure time; remember only in 20 minutes; without any kind of interruptions!

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of words in your paper, and keep your list as a record for the next steps that would be a little different!

Now bring your records of Chain of Words No. 1-5. Compare the results (number of words written) with what you did now. Hopefully you did better in Chain of Words No. 6. Note, if not then do this exercise again tomorrow (but not earlier than 12 hours from now on). You should get a result better than Chain of Words No. 5!

Can Bacopa help improve memory?

Bacopa is a herbal remedy made from Bacopa monnieri. This creeping plant grows in marshes and wetlands throughout India and other parts of Southeast Asia. The herbal remedy is also called Brahmi, a word which derives from Brama, the creator god in Hinduism. However, Brahmi is a term that can refer to any substance believed to improve brain function because of the connection between the brain and creativity.

Bacopa has a long history of use in Ayurvedic medicine, which is the traditional medicine of India. It has been used for many different purposes, including as a treatment for epilepsy, insomnia, asthma, rheumatism and heart failure, and more generally as a nerve tonic. More recently, Bacopa has developed a reputation for enhancing cognitive abilities and protecting people against memory loss and dementia (Read more here).

Source: The Irish Times - Tuesday, December 14, 2010.

Study reveals how taking an active role in learning enhances memory

New research confirms that having some authority over how one takes in new information significantly enhances one’s ability to remember it. The study, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, also offers a first look at the network of brain structures that contribute to this phenomenon (Read more here).

Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Visual Memory - Graph 3

Spend 3 minutes studying the following graph:

Now, cover the above graph, and after 10+ minutes, try to make it on the following grid:

This grid consists of 7*12=84 small rectangles. Compare what you drew with the original one above; for how many of the rectangles did you draw the right borders (note that this graph passes only over the rectangles' borders)? For each correct one give yourself +1 point and for any incorrect -1; so the maximum score can be +84. What is your total mark?

Drinking Blue-Green Algae May Help Boost Energy & Improve Memory

By Health News Team, Dec 9th, 2010:

While many may think of algae as a plant that is best left to be consumed by fish, new research has shown that a particular form of it may have significant benefits for energy levels and memory recall, according to Natural News.

E3 Live is an algae that is also known as a green superfood that contains more chlorophyll than any other edible item. It has been used for centuries as a natural remedy by indigenous people, as it contains high amounts of vitamin B, C, and E, as well as folic acid (Read more here).

Brain games key to maintaining mental clarity

SIMPLE computer games can help older people improve their memory and attention, Sydney researchers have found.

People who thought declining memory and brain function were inevitable as they aged gave up too easily, said clinical psychologist Maurice Finn.

People with mild cognitive impairment, often a precursor to dementia, could improve their brain function with computer games, said Mr Finn, who works at the memory clinic at Royal North Shore Hospital's department of aged care and rehabilitation.

Advertisement: Story continues below After 30 sessions the elderly people with mild cognitive impairment got better at playing computer games designed to improve memory and concentration.

The skills they developed also seemed to help them perform better at other, similar tasks, said Mr Finn, who will present his findings at the Australian Association of Gerontology conference in Tasmania this week [Read more ...].

Find Duplicate [1]

Study the following 4 images, A, B, C and D, for 8 minutes. Then look at the fifth image at the bottom this post, and without reviewing the first 4 images, try to answer that the fifth image is a copy of which image; A, B, C or D?

After studying the above images for 8 minutes, look at the following image, and try to remember that this image is a copy for which image; A, B, C, or D!

Ready?

Look!

What is your answer?

ANSWER:

B

Friday, December 3, 2010

Chewing gum improves your memory!

Chewing gum can improve memory, say UK psychologists. They found that people who chewed throughout tests of both long-term and short-term memory produced significantly better scores than people who did not. But gum-chewing did not boost memory-linked reaction times, used as a measure of attention [1].

There are a number of explanations for the link between recall and chewing gum: Chewing gum raises the heart beat by around 3 BPM, increasing blood flow in the cerebral area, which could explain the improvement in such brain activity [2].

[1] Chewing gum improves memory, NEW SCIENTIST, Emma Young, March 2002.

[2] Does chewing gum improve your memory?, Adam Waude, Editor, Psychologist World January, 2008.

Missing Object [4]

In this post, you would perform another Missing Object test which is a little harder than the previous tests.

In this test, you must find three missing objects/items: one sign, one number and one word!

Let's start! Look at this picture for 2 minutes:

For about 5 minutes do not look at any pictures of this post.

OK, now, try to remember what sign, number, and word are missing in the following picture:

ANSWER:

÷ 426 car

Saturday, November 27, 2010

How Practice Tests Improve Memory

ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2010) — Although most people assume that tests are a way to evaluate learning, a wealth of research has shown that testing can actually improve learning, according to two researchers from Kent State University. Dr. Katherine Rawson, associate professor in Kent State's Department of Psychology, and former Kent State graduate student Mary Pyc publish their research findings in the Oct. 15, 2010, issue of the journal Science.

"Taking practice tests -- particularly ones that involve attempting to recall something from memory -- can drastically increase the likelihood that you'll be able to remember that information again later," Rawson said. "Given that hundreds of experiments have been conducted to establish the effects of testing on learning, it's surprising that we know very little about why testing improves memory."

In the article titled "Why Testing Improves Memory: Mediator Effectiveness Hypothesis," Rawson and Pyc reported an experiment indicating that at least one reason why testing is good for memory is that testing supports the use of more effective encoding strategies [Read more ...].

BBC Science > Human Body & Mind > The Mind > Psychology - an overview

Explore Your Memory
Source: BBC Science

Stretch your memory with fun challenges designed by experts. Your answers will help University of Edinburgh experimental psychologists with their research.

Most people will not be able to get everything right. People with normal memories can have low scores.

Duration: about 20 minutes

Click here to start the test

Missing Object [3]

In this post, you must find a missing sign!

Look at this picture for 1 minute:

In the following picture, you can find all the signs shown in the previous picture except one. What is it?

ANSWER

Missing Object [2] (a missing number)

In this post, you must find a missing number!

Look at this picture for 50 seconds:

In the following picture, you can find all numbers shown in the previous picture except one. What is it?

ANSWER:

58

Missing Object [1]

The series of "Missing Object"s exercises are provided to improve your visual memory. In the next couple of posts, you would be on this matter. Then, you should do this in your normal life; e.g. when doing a window shop you must remember more items at each store. To be more efficient on this, you may have a quick view on the stores windows, close your eyes for a second (something like a slow blink) and imagine the windows objects in your head; the clearer image in your head the better. Keep doing this practice until you could have a right memory to remember 40 items in a single glance; it seems too hard but you should believe that "Übung macht den Meister"; i.e., "practice makes the master".

OK, now, look at this picture for 15 seconds:

The following picture is a copy of the previous one; however, an object is missing. Can you remember which one?

If you cannot remember it then try this exercise again! It might be a little hard as you may not know a name or an index for each object! This is not a problem, but it is a good practice for your brain to visually remember!

Improve memory with culture-sensitive cognitive training

In a joint study with three researchers from the Institute of Psychology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, psychology professor Lixia Yang is investigating culturally sensitive cognitive training to improve the mental health of older adults.

It's a universal problem: you spot a familiar face in the crowd, but can't recall the person's name. This ability to match unrelated items (such as faces and names) is called memory binding, and the skill declines with age. But two Ryerson researchers are curious: does memory-binding deterioration happen in the same way to older adults around the world, or does culture moderate the effects?

Lixia Yang, a professor in the Department of Psychology, is the principal investigator of the project, Aging, Culture, and Memory Binding: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between China and Canada. The initiative also involves Julia Spaniol, a psychology professor at Ryerson, and Lynn Hasher of the University of Toronto, as well as three researchers from the Institute of Psychology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The team is putting a hypothesis to the test: do culturally specific ways of processing information lead to culturally specific memory-binding deficits in older adults? Previous studies have demonstrated that East Asians are more likely to pay attention to contextual and relational information in their environment, whereas Westerners are inclined to process context-independent features and categorical information.

"For example, if you showed a picture of an underwater scene to a group of older adults," Yang explains, "North Americans and Europeans would focus on the big fish in the picture. East Asians, on the other hand, would focus on contextual elements in the background, such as seaweed."

The joint study will involve about 100 Chinese adults in Beijing and around 100 Canadian adults of European descent in Toronto. For comparative purposes, each group will include half older adults (65 years or more) and half young adults (between 18 and 29). Researchers will then use behavioural and electrophysiological measures to determine how culture affects age-related memory-binding deficits, and examine whether or not memory binding can be improved through culturally specific training.

In the first experiment, participants will undergo an experiment that tests their ability to remember contextual information. Participants need to recognize whether a series of images were processed in either an "independent" context (i.e. rating how meaningful it is to lead an independent life in a new city) or a "relational" context (i.e., rating how meaningful it is to get along with, and being liked by, others in a new city). The "independent" context presumably favours Western culture whereas the "relational" context is supposed to favour East Asians.

In the second experiment, participants will be shown either relationally associated word-pairs (e.g. COW-GRASS) that favour East Asians or categorically associated word pairs (i.e. COW-CHICKEN) that are differentially preferred by Westerners. Participants then need to recognize originally learned intact word-pairs from some rearranged or new word-pairs.

In the study's second phase, older adults from each culture will be taught to use a verbal-associative strategy to remember unrelated word-pairs. Participants will be instructed to generate either a relational association (e.g. "a DOG smells a FLOWER," preferred by Chinese) or a categorical association (e.g. "DOG and FLOWER are living creatures", preferred by European Canadians). Later, participants' ability to recall the word-pairs will be assessed. In the end, the researchers predict the training of culturally specific memory-binding strategies will lead to disproportionally larger benefits in each culture.

"The global population is rapidly aging," Yang says. "If we can come up with a culturally sensitive cognitive training approach, we may be able to improve the mental health and the quality of life among older adults in both Canada and China. This, in turn, could reduce the burden of care-giving for families and society."

Provided by Ryerson University
Source: "Improve memory with culture-sensitive cognitive training", by Dana Yates, 2010-11-09

Chain of Verbs No. 5

This is the fifth time that you are doing the Chain of Verbs exercise; last time was on late August. Now, you should try to get a better result than the forth (last) time.

REM:

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Verbs No. 5".

2) You should accomplish this practice in 40 minutes.

3) Again, fully concentrated; nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell, TV, radio, etc.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest speed.

5) Write down a list of English verbs, starting with Novelize. The second verb should start with an "E", because Novelize ends with "E". The third verb in the list should start with the last letter of your second verb. Each item in your list should be an English verb containing one or more word. Example: novelize, edit, travel, lean, nest, tear down, nettle, ...

If you can remember you may optionally write any verbs that you wrote in Chain of Verbs No. 1-4 (it is good if you can remember any of those verbs).

Take a clock/timer to measure time; remember in 40 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Your list should be long; the longer the better, longer than the list you wrote in Chain of Verbs No. 4, so try to write verbs fast as much as possible.

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of verbs in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

Now bring your records of Chain of Verbs No. 1-4. Compare the result (number of verbs written) with what you did now. Hopefully you did better in Chain of Verbs No. 5. If not then PLEASE do this exercise again tomorrow (but not earlier than 12 hours from now on). You should get a result better than Chain of Verbs No. 4.

Archive (Posts 1 to 48)

Introduction

Improving ability to remember and recall information is the goal. Here, practices to instigate the brain and tips to improve the memory are posted.

By following up the posts, even right after the first two weeks, you will understand that your problems with memory and attention are gradually

removed. After a while, you would find that “load of information” and “learning” will not be a torture anymore. These practices are also

recommended for people who are approaching the time risky for their mind health, decline in cognitive function and getting Alzheimer. So, as soon

as you would get some confidence here by finding some progress in remembering and recalling information, it would be nice to recommend these

practices and tips to your grandparents, parents and other relatives and friends.

This is the first level of the three-level tips and practices (in three Kindle publications) to improve your memory; as the further steps, you may

proceed on levels two and three respectively. If the practices of this level are so easy for you that you would not feel any pressure or mind

fatigue in your exercises then skip this level and start on level two or three.

Picture One

Remember the following objects in Picture One.
In the next posts, if you would be asked to say the objects in Picture One, you have to say:
- Red Rose
- Blue Whale
- Green Eyes
The order in the above three-item-list is Not important.

Line One of Sonnet 46 (William Shakespeare)

Memorize the following single verse of Sonnet 46 by William Shakespeare:

Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war,
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;

If you have problem in memorizing it, read it; continue on reading it for 10 times, 20 times ... 100 times, ... 1000 times ... until it would be

memorized. Just memorize it!

In the next posts, if you would be asked to say Line One of Sonnet 46 by William Shakespeare, you have to recall the above

verse completely.

Flag of Wales

This is the flage of Wales (a country that is part of the United Kingdom):

It is consisting of a red dragon passant on a green and white field.

In the next posts, you might be asked one of the following questions about this flag:

Q. Which country flag includes a red dragon? (Answer: Wales)
Q. What are the colors in the fag of Wales? (Answer: White, Green and Red)
Q. What is the color of the dragon in the flag of Wales? (Answer: Red)

Albert Einstein's DOB

Memorize Albert Einstein's date of birth:

14 March 1879

In your relatives and friends, whose birthday is close to 14 March? Try to find at least one person. Why? It helps you to remember that Albert

Einstein's birthday is March 14.

In the next posts you would be asked to recall Albert Einstein's date of birth.

Rectangle

Remember the spell of Rectangle in the following languages:
English:	Rectangle
French:	Rectangle
German:	Rechteck
Spanish:	Rectángulo

Lewis Carroll

Remember, he is Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland:

Idiosyncrasy

Learn the dictation and meaning of the English word idiosyncrasy:

idiosyncrasy: A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.

If it is difficult to memorize its spelling then write this word for 3 time ... 10 times ... 20 times ... 100 times .... until you would learn it.

In the next posts you would be questioned on the word idiosyncrasy.

Virgin Atlantic

Look at the following picture and remember what the airline name is:

Room No. One

This is Room No. One. Remember all items in this room, their colors and positions:

Quiz No. 1

Q. Which country flag does include a red dragon?
Q. What is Albert Einstein's date of birth?
Q. Who was the author of Alice in Wonderland?

Radio Practice

The following exercise is called Radio Practice. Accomplish it just in 4 minutes. Do NOT do it for more than 4 minutes for each

practice time as it becomes harmful rather than being beneficial for your mind and memory. Arrange the whole practice procedure in 4 minutes.

Radio Practice:
Turn on a radio, tune it and listen to a report or news (a human talk in English).
Turn it down a little and just listen to it.
Again, turn it down a little and just listen to it.
Turn it down again and try to listen and understand what is said.
Turn it down … again and again and make your extreme effort to understand what the radio is saying.
Again turn it down …. just listen.

Maps of Mexico, France, China and Canada

Remember the maps of the countries Mexico,

France, China and Canada as depicted in the following.

If you have problem in "memorizing" for this practice then try to make and

imagine a shape for each map; in past, maybe at school, you have done this for the Italy's map that is like a boot.

For memorizing and remembering: the weirder shape the better.

Mexico

France

China

Canada

Object List No 1

Leave the room where you live or the office where you work.

Take a pen and paper and write down 25 objects located in the room or office.

If you cannot remember 25 objects then close your eyes and imagine that you are in there. Give dark colors to your imagination; make it clearer

and clearer. Try to remember. Give yourself 15 minutes and try to reach to 25 items.

If you could not complete the list in 15 minutes go there without the paper and look at the objects carefully just for 2 minutes. Then leave the

place and continue on completing your list.

When you are finished with the list of 25 objects then entitle the list as Object List No 1. Keep the paper in a safe place as

you would require it in the next posts.

Exercise:

Do the Radio Practice again.

Cold Mountain

Read and memorize:

Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical fiction novel by Charles Frazier. It tells the story of W.

P. Inman, a wounded deserter from the Confederate army near the end of the American Civil War who leaves the war

and walks home for months to return to his sweetheart Ada Monroe, the love of his life.

Cold Mountain is also a film based on this novel; a 2003 war drama film written and directed by Anthony

Minghella.

If you cannot memorize it then suppose that:

1- You are W. P. Inman or Ada Monroe,
2- Charles Frazier is your close friend who wrote your life story in 1997,
3- Anthony Minghella is your cousin who, in 2003, directed a movie displaying your life story.

As your life story is important to you; the story of Cold Mountain would not be forgettable for you.

10 Days in 2009, 2008, … 2000

The following (very important) exercise should be done as quickly as possible; in the worst-case scenario not in more than 150 minutes; the

faster the better!

Remember a special day, a private event, a good day, or a bad day in 2009. Just one day. In a sentence or two, write down what happened in

that day. For now, one or two sentences is enough.

Do the above task exactly for 2008, then 2007, 2006, … and finally for 2000.

So you would have a record of 10 days among 10 years; a day for each year.

Entitle the paper containing your sentences as 10 Days in 2009, 2008, … 2000. Keep your record in a safe place as you would

require it in the future posts.

If you got problem in remembering a special day for example for the year 2003 then try to do any of the followings:
- Remember your birthday in 2003; a party? Any phone call? Any email? Any card?
- Remember your mothers’ birthday, your father’s, … brother’s, sister’s, close friend’s, cousin’s birthday in 2003 … anybody’s?
- Remember if, in 2003, someone was born, passed away …?
- Remember a car accident in 2003, …, any disaster?
- Remember a good or bad mark? Any exam in 2003?
- Remember making a friend … a boyfriend or a girlfriend in 2003?
- Remember a trip … any trip in 2003?
- Remember a movie in 2003? In theater? On TV?
- Remember a moving in 2003 … a new place? A new storage?
- Remember a purchase in 2003 … a car? A laptop? A desktop? … A watch?
…
Try to remember something in someday of 2003.

Again, you have to do this exercise for the years 2009, 2008, 2007, … 2000.

Word Lists BAS, DAM and EXE

Take a pen and paper and without using any dictionary write down the following lists:

List BAS: all English words that start with BAS, e.g. basin, basis, etc.

List DAM: all English words that start with DAM, e.g. damage, damp, etc.

List EXE: all English words that start with EXE, e.g. exert, execution, etc.

For each list, do not spend more than 5 minutes to recall words.

When finished, open an dictionary and see what you have missed; i.e. what were in your passive memory but you could not recall.

Now, use the dictionary and complete the lists with words you missed and the words that you did not know at all. Put an ‘M’ sign close to the

words you missed and an ‘N’ sign close to words that were new to you.

Keep your paper in a safe place as you would require these lists in the future posts.

Yesterday Story No.1

Take a pen and paper and write down what you exactly did yesterday from the time waked up up to go the bed. Remember every detail.

To help yourself, divide the day into quarters and write for example, from 6:00am to 6:15am ...; ...; from 9:00am to 9:15am driving to the office

while listening to radio; from 9:15am to 9:30am checking emails; ...

When finished, review and try to include missing items that you did yesterday AND also try to give more details to what you wrote yet. Try and

try until your brain get tired and totally exhausted. Don't give up as this is an important exercise for your brain.

Entitle your paper as Yesterday Story No.1 and keep it in a safe place for further reference.

Number Imagination Practice

Close your eyes and imagine number one; i.e. make 1 in your mind or see 1 by closed eyes. You should see the complete shape of one as “1”.

When you completely imagined 1 in your mind with closed eyes, then imagine number 2; see it clearly in your mind while your eyes are closed.

Again, when you completely imagined 2 then try the same for 3, 4, … until 99.

Perform this exercise completely even if you would find it very boring. Your brain requires this kind of practice to help your memory to bring out

items from passive memory to the active ones.
If you have problem to imagine numbers clearly with closed eyes then try out the following instruction for making clear imagination.

Write down 1 on a paper, keep it very close to your eyes and stare it. Then while still staring, without moving the paper, close your eyes try to

make it in your head. If you could not see it in your mind, then open your eyes and stare it again. Continue this practice until you could see the

number in your head clearly. Note that during this practice you do not need to move the paper at all.

High School Friends

Take a pen and paper. Entitle the paper as High School Friends.

Try to remember all your friends and classmates from all the time that you were in high school. A friend might be your classmate or not, write

down all of them. Preferably, write down first names and last names if could not then either first name or last name for each.

Keep your paper in a safe place as you would require it in the next posts.

Exercise:

Do the Radio Practice again.

List of Foods

Take a pen and paper. Entitle the paper as List of Foods.

Now, try to remember names of all foods that you know or you have ever had; from the first days of your life that you could remember up to

now.

This mind exercise should take at least 20 minutes. So try to complete this list in 20 minutes or more; take your time!

Exercise:

1. Do the Number Imagination Practice for numbers 85 to 184.

2. Do the Radio Practice again.

Counting Practice

Without using a calculator, paper, etc. do the following counting practices. During each practice you should not be disturbed

or interrupted; otherwise restart it. Remember that this is a great exercise for you to improve your concentration helping your memory. After each practice you may rest for 1 - 3 minutes and not more.

1) Count from 11 to 91 like this (add 8 to a number to get the next number):
11, 19, 27, 35, ..., 91

2) Count from 81 to 1 like this (subtract 4 from a number to get the next

number):
81, 77, 73, 69, ..., 1

3) Count from 111 to 231 like this (add 6 to a number to get the next number):
111, 117, 123, ..., 231

4) Count from 181 to 91 like this (subtract 3 from a number to get the

next number):
181, 178, 175, ..., 91

Word Scamble Puzzle No. 1

Review the following definitions in 2 minutes or less then solve the Word Scramble Puzzle that follows.

In the time of solving the puzzle, do NOT refer to the list of definitions!

When finished, write down your score out of 20 in a paper entitled Word Scramble Puzzle No. 1. Keep this score as you may require it for

evaluating your progress in future.

A strip or ridge of rocks, sand or coral near the surface of a body of water: reef
A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous: policy
Almost exact or correct: approximate
Struck with great surprise and emotional disturbance: shocked
Something that furnishes proof: evidence
One that gives evidence: witness
To have necessary or fitting qualifications: measure up
A conspicuous object serving as a guide: mark
Regrettable or infelicitous: unfortunate
An unforeseen event or circumstance : accident
An act that damages: injury
Inferior in importance: minor
Unquestionably: absolutely
To advise or counsel: recommend
A general physical examination: checkup
An arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time: appointment
Accurately: exactly
To represent in words : describe
Occur: happen
In the direction of: towards

Word Scramble Puzzle No. 1

1. A strip or ridge of rocks, sand or coral near the surface of a body of water: eref

2. A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous: lpcioy

3. Almost exact or correct: poaparxemti

4. Struck with great surprise and emotional disturbance: chsdeko

5. Something that furnishes proof : edevniec

6. One that gives evidence: ntssiwe

7. To have necessary or fitting qualifications (two words): aseremu pu

8. A conspicuous object serving as a guide: rkma

9. Regrettable or infelicitous: turofantneu

10. An unforeseen event or circumstance : dcitcnea

11. An act that damages: uijnry

12. Inferior in importance: irnmo

13. Unquestionably: ultesbaoyl

14. To advise or counsel: nmcredmoe

15. A general physical examination: pckecuh

16. An arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time: piapeontmnt

17. Accurately: xealcyt

18. To represent in words : ecdbsire

19. Occur: aephpn

20. In the direction of: saotwdr

List of Items No. 1

This is List of Items No. 1. Look at the items for 3 minutes then take it away.

Take a pen and paper. Now, try to remember what you saw on the list and write it on the paper. You have 3 minutes to remember.

How many items you could write? Give yourself a score out of 24 as there are 24 items in the list.

Keep this paper in a safe place as you would require it in the future posts.

In the List of Items No. 1, how many items could you remember and write down? If less than 20 then do that exercise again

but by one of the following two methods:

1. Make a story that somehow includes or employs the 24 objects of the List of Items No. 1; something like this: There was a

Cat on a Tree where a Bird lived, that tree was in the yard of the Greek Colosseum ....

2. Classify the objects of the List of Items No. 1 in several groups such as Animals, Accessories, etc. and then memorize the

groups and the items for each group.

Now, as a new exercise, try to memorize the following list of items in three minutes; then, take it away and take a pen and paper. Now, try to

remember what you saw on this list and write it on the paper. You have 3 minutes to remember. You may use one of the above two methods to

memorize this list easier.

How many items you could write? Give yourself a score out of 24 as there are 24 items in the list.

Keep this paper, entitled as List of Items No. 2, in a safe place as you would require it in the next posts.

List of Items No. 2:

1. Bullet
2. Mug
3. Chain
4. Belt
5. Prison
6. Wire
7. Powder
8. Sword
9. Carrot
10. Car
11. Hose
12. Nail
13. Column
14. Cigarette
15. Grass
16. Boat
17. Skull
18. Canary
19. Tile
20. Handcuff
21. Sugar
22. Printer
23. Deer
24. Cheese

1. What items are in Picture One?

2. Say the single verse of Sonnet 46 by William Shakespeare!

3. What are the colors in the flag of Wales?

4. What is Albert Einstein's date of birth?

5. Spell Rectangle in German!

6. Who is the author of Alice in Wonderland?

7. What is the English word meaning "A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person"?

8. What is the airline name on the picture that depicted an airplane?

9. Say nine objects depicted in Room No. One!

10. What country is shown below:

If you could answer 5 or more questions correctly and completely then you have done the exercises very well otherwise:
Just do NOT give up and carefully restart and follow all posts as in "Archive (Posts 1 to 24)". You would get the desired result if and only if you

would not give up and do not discard any post/exercise.

Take a pen and paper. Entitle the paper as My Neighbours.

Try to remember the name of all people who are living or working in your neighbourhood (where you live); all people, old, young, kids, ...

landlords, tenants, shopkeepers, everyone. If you cannot remember a name, write down his or her characteristics, behavior, or specifications;

e.g. the guy who works in building No. 111, is bald and wears sunglasses, etc.

Write down as many as you can remember; but just in 30 minutes or less.

Keep your paper in a safe place as you would require it in the next posts.

This is a list of 20 great novels of all time and their authors. Just memorize the author's name for each novel:

1. Anna Karenina -- Leo Tolstoy

2. War and Peace -- Leo Tolstoy

3. The Brothers Karamazov -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

4. The Idiot -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

5. The Gambler -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

6. Crime and Punishment -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

7. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented -- Thomas

Hardy

8. The Reivers -- William Faulkner

9. A Fable -- William Faulkner

10. Guard of Honor -- James Gould Cozzens

11. The Way West -- A. B. Guthrie

12. The Town -- Conrad Richter

13. The Caine Mutiny -- Herman Wouk

14. The Old Man and the Sea -- Ernest Hemingway

15. Andersonville -- MacKinlay Kantor

16. The Voice at the Back Door -- Elizabeth Spencer

17. A Death in the Family -- James Agee

18. The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters -- Robert Lewis Taylor

19. Advise and Consent -- Allen Drury

20. To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee

Suppose your very close friend works in a country called Zuzu, where a cell number is very long number. You want to memorize his/her number:

00444-324-4872-1913-6784-2058

Memorize it! Do not try to find a clue or relation among the digits. Just memorize it normally, even if it takes several minutes or hours to memorize

it.

Your memory needs food. This is a small food for it!

Remember these faces, their names, and the year each won the Nobel prize in literature!

Orhan Pamuk

(2006 Nobel Winner in Literature)

Doris Lessing (2007 Nobel Winner in Literature)

J. M. G. Le Clézio (2008 Nobel Winner in Literature)

Herta Müller (2009 Nobel Winner in Literature)

Now, you know four Nobel winners in literature for the years 2006-2009. Keep in mind that you would be asked on these faces.

Rememeber these shapes in geometry:

Dodecahedron: A dodecahedron is any polyhedron with twelve flat faces, but usually a regular dodecahedron is meant.

Icosahedron: An icosahedron is a regular polyhedron with 20 identical equilateral triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices.

Icosidodecahedron: An icosidodecahedron is a polyhedron with twenty triangular faces and twelve pentagonal faces.

You already did this important exercise for years 2009, 2008, 2000. Now, do the same for 1999, 1998, ..., 1990! Again, it should be done as

quickly as possible; in the worst-case scenario not in more than 150 minutes; the faster the better!

Remember a special day, a private event, a good day, or a bad day in 1999. Just one day. In a sentence or two, write down what happened in

that day. For now, one or two sentence is enough.

Do the above task exactly for 1998, then 1997, 1996, … and for 1990.

Please do NOT give up! Review the guide in the post, "10 Days in 2009,

2008, … 2000!"

So, now, by regarding the record that you already saved for "10 Days in

2009, 2008, … 2000", you have a set of records for 20 days among 20 years; a day for each year.

Entitle the paper containing your sentences as 10 Days in 10 Days in 1999, 1998, … 1990. Keep your new record in a safe

place as you would require it in the future posts.

Exercise:

Do the "Counting Practice" now! Then, do the "Radio Practice"!

This is a list of 10 countries and their capitals. Just memorize the capital city for each country and its spelling:

1. Kenya > Nairobi
2. Ghana > Accra
3. Uganda > Kampala
4. Bahrain > Manama
5. Cambodia > Phnom Penh
6. Kazakhstan > Astana
7. Sri Lanka > Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
8. Belarus > Minsk
9. Iceland > Reykjavík
10. Kosovo > Pristina

Suppose that you cannot memorize "Pristina is the capital of Kosovo". To resolve this issue, imagine, in the midnight around 1:00am, one of your

close friends calls you. She says, "My flight was about to crash by the pilot could save us."
You, "Where are you now?"
She, "In a cold desert."
You, "Where???"
She, "Let me ask ..."
You are anxious ...
She, "We are about 20Km of Pristina."
You, "WHAT? Where?!"
She, "PRISTINA"
You, "WHAT? PRISTINA! Where the hell's that?!"
She, "Let me ask ..."
You are wondering and anxious ... you think, "Pristina! Is it in Afrika?! Never heard of that!"
She, "Hello ..."
You, "Yeah ... hey ... where?"
She, "The capital of Kosovo!"
...

If you could imagine this story exactly and clearly you would never forget that Pristina is the capital of Kosovo.

Make stories that make more sense to you in order to memorize and recall abstract items!

This is one of the memory exercises that has a direct and quick impact on your working memory. So take it seriously and if you would find it

hard to follow do not give up; just try to learn and do!

You will see four squares appear in 3*3 boxes as in the following. Scroll down by

your LEFT hand to see the next box if the pattern of the squares is the same as it was one trial back; i.e., the same pattern appears twice in a

row. And scroll down by your RIGHT hand to see the next box if the pattern of the squares is different from the previous one.

During the

exercise do not look at the previous boxes, just focus on the current one.

If scrolling by mouse by left or right hand is difficult for you

then use the down arrow key; one hand by the mouse and one hand by the down arrow key.

If you are using a device different from a PC

or notebook then choose a key or tool of your device for left hand's function and one key or tool for right hand's function, or use the same key

but by switching hands on it.

You should not take more than 2 seconds for each box. If not possible for you try it and try until you would

be able to do that in 2 second periods for each box.

If you do not know if you are doing well and fast enough then ask someone to

supervise you during the first tries.

NOTE: You should do this exercise 5 days in a row to obtain its benefit for your brain; each day at least 16 minutes. The more the

better. For the sake of your brain, do not be lazy to this exercise.

Ready? Start:

GOOD JOB! Try again!

Before starting this new exercise:

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Words No. 1".

2) You should accomplish this practice just in 20 minutes.

3) Fully concentrated. Nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest

speed.

5) Write down a list of words, starting with April. The second word should start with an "L", because April ends with "L". The third word in the list

should start with the last letter of your second word. Each item in your list should be a single word: a verb, an adverb, a noun, etc. but not a

person name. Example: April, lion, nest, title, evolve, earth, hot, tip, point, ...

Take a clock to measure time; remember in 20 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of words in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

To multiply by 99, you multiply by 100-1.
Examples:

23 * 99 = 23 * (100 - 1) = 2300 - 23 = 2200 + (100 - 23) = 2277

55 * 99 = 55 * (100 - 1) = 5500 - 55 = 5400 + (100 - 55) = 5445

87 * 99 = 87 * (100 - 1) = 8700 - 87 = 8600 + (100 - 87) = 8613

Now, you know how to multiply by 99 easily. Do NOT use pen, paper, or calculator and only in you mind, do the following

exercises in 8 minutes or less:

1) 5 * 99

2) 14 * 99

3) 29 * 99

4) 34 * 99

5) 47 * 99

6) 56 * 99

7) 63 * 99

8) 78 * 99

9) 81 * 99

10) 95 * 99

Do the Working Memory's Hand Exercise again.

Before starting this exercise which is very similar to the Chain of Words

exercise:

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Names No. 1".

2) You should accomplish this practice in 30 minutes.

3) As for the Chain of Words exercise, fully concentrated. Nobody in the

room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest

speed.

5) Write down a list of English names for human, starting with Alice. The second name should start with an "E", because Alice ends with "E". The

third name in the list should start with the last letter of your second name. Each item in your list should be a single-word English name (personal

name). Example: Alice, Elliot, Tom, Megan, ...

Take a clock/timer to measure time; remember in 30 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Your list should be long; the longer the better, so try to write names fast as much as possible.

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of names in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future

posts.

* * * * * * * * * * * *
Dear Reader,

Please recommend this blog to the seniors in your family, relatives and friends. The exercises presented in this blog are not only to improve active and working memory but also to prevent the

Alzheimer disease.

Take a pen and paper, and in a place where nobody can interrupt you do the following exercise in your maximum speed. If you fail in the first

tries DON’T give up, try again.

While you are doing this exercise, you should not look at what you would have written at any time!

Learn how the following strings are generated.

In the first string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of zero write A.
In the second string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of one write B.
In the third string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of two write C.
...
In the 26th string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of five write Z.
In the 27th string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of six write A (after Z you should continue with A, B, C…).
In the 28th string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of seven write B.
In the 29th string, write down from 0 to 9 but instead of eight write C.
…
As shown in the following, write until you would write Z instead of 7.

A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, B, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, D, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, E, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, F, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, G, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, H, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, I, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, J
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, L, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, M, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, N, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, O, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, P, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, R, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, S, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, T
U, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, V, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, W, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, X, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, Y, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, Z, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, A, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, B, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, C, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, D
E, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, F, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, G, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, H, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, I, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, J, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, K, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, L, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, M, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, N
…
S, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, T, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, U, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, V, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, W, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, X, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Y, 7, 8, 9
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, 9

Do the Radio Practice now!

Do the Multiply By 99 exercise again!

Before starting this exercise which is as the Chain of Words and the Chain of Names exercises:

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Verbs No. 1".

2) You should accomplish this practice in 40 minutes; not less; not more; exactly in 40 minutes.

3) Fully concentrated; nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell.

4) You should do this exercise with your maximum speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any

more; your highest speed.

5) Write down a list of English verbs, starting with Improve. The second verb should start with an "E", because Improve ends with "E". The third

verb in the list should start with the last letter of your second verb. Each item in your list should be an English verb containing one or more

word. Example: Improve, Eat, Terminate, Execute, End up, Pour, ...

Take a clock/timer to measure time; remember in 40 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Your list should be long; the longer the better, so try to write verbs fast as much as possible.

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of verbs in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

For each pair of words in the following, remember a real memory in your life and write down it in a sentence that contains the two words.

Example:
For the two words:
"Biggest" and "Tomato"
One may write:
"The biggest tomato that I have ever seen was in my ex-neighbor farm around 2002."

The memory/event/incident that you remember should be Real and should Contain the two words.

Take your time as much as you want and start:

1) Girl and Rude
2) Celebrity and Lust
3) Work and Fun
4) Funny and Boy
5) Apple and Vast
6) Ship and Sound
7) Bind and Men
8) Light and Arm
9) Zoo and Meet
10) Stone and Hard

This is the second time that you are doing this exercise; so it is important that you preform this better than past. So do your best to get a

better result. This is very important for your memory to get a better result.

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Words No. 2".

2) You should accomplish this practice just in 20 minutes (as you did it before).

3) Fully concentrated. Nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell, TV, radio, etc.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest

speed; more than when you did Chain of Words No. 1.

5) Write down a list of words, starting with May. The second word should start with an "M", because May ends with "M". The third word in the list

should start with the last letter of your second word. Each item in your list should be a single word: a verb, an adverb, a noun, etc. any word but

not a person name. Example: May, yell, late, evolve, earth, hot, tip, point, ...

You can write any words that you wrote in Chain of Words No. 1 (it is good if you can remember words of Chain of Words No. 1); however, this is

optional.

Take a clock to measure time; remember just in 20 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of words in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

Now bring your record of Chain of Words No. 1. Compare the result (number of words written) with what you did now. Hopefully you did better in

Chain of Words No. 2. If not then PLEASE do this exercise again tomorrow (but not earlier than 12 hours from now on). You should get a result

better than Chain of Words No. 1.

This is the second time that you are doing Chain of Names; so it is important that you preform this better than past. So do your best to get a

better result. This is very important for your memory to get a better result.

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Names No. 2".

2) You should accomplish this practice in 30 minutes.

3) As for the Chain of Words exercise, fully concentrated. Nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell, TV,

radio, etc.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest

speed.

5) Write down a list of English names for human, starting with Megan. The second name should start with an "N", because Megan ends with "N".

The third name in the list should start with the last letter of your second name. Each item in your list should be a single-word English name

(personal name). Example: Megan, Natalie, Elizabeth, Helen, ...

You can write any names that you wrote in Chain of Names No. 1 (it is good if you can remember the names written in Chain of Names No. 1);

however, this is optional.

Take a clock/timer to measure time; remember in 30 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Your list should be long; the longer the better, longer than the list you wrote in Chain of Names No. 1, so try to write names fast as much as

possible.

Ready?

Start!

- - -

OK, when finished, write the count of words in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

Now bring your record of Chain of Names No. 1. Compare the result (number of names written) with what you did now. Hopefully you did better in

Chain of Names No. 2. If not then PLEASE do this exercise again tomorrow (but not earlier than 12 hours from now on). You should get a result

better than Chain of Names No. 1.

Tonight, when you are in bed to sleep, count all English words which you know starting with "A". Your eyes can be open or closed; optional. Don't

use any pen or paper (in bed!). The more words the better. Do this exercise until you would fall asleep.

Actually this exercise is very useful for people who have sleep problem in bed.

In the morning, you should remember how many words you counted last night.

In counting the words, you may use your fingers (optional).

Try to keep this exercise an every-night action if possible. One night for words starting with "A", next night for words starting with "B", ... In this

way you are sure that your mind is a bit more maintained.

Try to understand what a Wording Digit Puzzle (WDP) is and then solve the following 10 puzzles.
Example: Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment:
1591997520941414

Solution:
Step 1. Consider the digit(s) for each letter that is as the same of the order of the letter in English alphabet; i.e., a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, d = 4, e =

5, … , y = 25, and z = 26.
Step 2. Try to find out some letters that can be inferred directly from the given number: 1591997520941414.
In this number, 1591997520941414, the first ‘nine’ leads to an ‘i’ because:
a) in 1591997520941414, 59 is a number that is not assigned to any letter, numbers of letters are from 1 to 26 for ‘a’ to ‘z’.
b) in 1591997520941414, 91 is a number that is not assigned to any letter,
so one of the letters of the answer is ‘i’.
Again, the third ‘nine’ leads to an ‘i’ because:
a) in 1591997520941414, 99 is greater than 26 and cannot be assigned to any letter,
b) in 1591997520941414, 97 is greater than 26 too and cannot be assigned to any letter.
Based on the above logic, find more letters of the solution as many as possible.
Step 3. Try to find some logical hints; e.g., as the first ‘nine’ in 1591997520941414 is for an ‘i', then the first two digits, 1591997520941414

should lead to:
1 and 5 leading to ‘a’ and ‘e’
Or
15 leading to an ‘o’.
4. By some letters and some other complex hints which you found, refer to the clue: “Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food

into absorptive nutriment” and find the answer that is indigestion:
9,14,4,9,7,5,19,20,9,15,14 - indigestion

PUZZLES:

No. 1. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst:
98613119

Solution:
6,1,13,9,19,8 - famish

No 2. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there:
14131871209139

Solution:
9,13,13,9,7,18,1,14,20 - immigrant

No. 3. Small in quantity or importance:
41811415952314912519

Solution:
9,14,3,15,14,19,9,4,5,18,1,2,12,5 - inconsiderable

No. 4. Insane:
55413145204

Solution:
4,5,13,5,14,20,5,4 - demented

No. 5. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage:
420511422

Solution:
1,4,22,5,14,20 - advent

No. 6. Unadvisable:
1454916592451420

Solution:
9,14,5,24,16,5,4,9,5,14,20 - inexpedient

No. 7. A young cow:
5895618

Solution:
8,5,9,6,5,18 - heifer

No. 8. Engagement to marry:
20518201152128

Solution:
2,5,20,18,15,20,8,1,12 - betrothal

No. 9. Not exactly according to the facts:
32152018911431

Solution:
9,14,1,3,3,21,18,1,20,5 - inaccurate

No. 10. Unutterable:
51895162491419521912

Solution:
9,14,5,24,16,18,5,19,19,9,2,12,5 - inexpressible

Take a pen and paper. Just relax; sit down, and write down your top 20 days; your favorite days; days in your whole life which are the best of

yours. In this exercise, you can mention a day by a few words or a sentence. Keep this paper (entitled Top 20 Days) in a safe place for further

use in the next posts.

Note that your #1 should be the best day in your life; #2 should be the best day however not better that #1, …; so in order. You can write them

in a dirty page and then order them in a good paper.

Example:

#1. I met John for the second time at his place
#2. My dad won a prize in lottery
#3. I flew a chopper for the first time
…
#20. I graduated from high school

Take a pen and paper and also take your paper entitled "Top 20 Days". Now, write down all details that you can remember from the days which

you ranked as #18, #19 and #20 one by one.

To remember the details, focus on each of those three days individually. For searching and finding the details you should imagine everything from

the scenes of the day, see the colors in your mind, remember the faces, try to hear the voice and tone of people existed in that day, etc.

You should make yourself totally tired by doing this exercise. Your brain needs to have fun; this is a fun for it, it makes your brain vernal. So go

on to find more details.

Now, do the Working Memory's Hand Exercise posted on Saturday, April 3, 2010 again. Remember that it has a direct and quick

impact on your working memory. You should not ignore it if you find it hard to do. If it is hard then instead of ignoring it, do it again and again to

make it easy for yourself.