1) Use WorkingMemoryGRP101 to Improve Your Working Memory [see the next post for more info]
Download link: WorkingMemoryGRP101
When you see a new color, you should remember whether the color displayed two trials back was a dark color or a light color. Then:
By your left hand you should press D for DARK.
By your right hand you should press L for LIGHT.
Consider the following scenario as an example:
1: You click on the Start button.
2: The first color which is displayed is light. Now, you do not need to press any key because there is no colors previously displayed.
3: The second color which is displayed is dark. You still do not need to press any key because there is no color displayed two trials back.
4: The third color which is displayed is dark. As soon as you see this third color you should press L because the color displayed two steps back, i.e. the first color, was a light color.
5: The fourth color which is displayed is light. As soon as you see this fourth color you should press D because the color displayed two steps back, i.e. the second color, was a dark color.
6: Continue this process until you could get the highest score that you are able to get.
As you do this exercise you should get higher and higher scores. For example, in the first day you may get a score around 2000. Then in the following day that you do this exercise, try to get a score higher than 2500 and so.
The colors are displayed randomly in three different speeds that you may choose before clicking on the Start button: Slow, Normal and Fast. Beginners and also people aged 65 or older may choose Slow.
If you press the correct key your score will be increased instantly and if you press the wrong key or if you do not press any key your score will be decreased.
Beginners may fail running this practice in the first tries. It is highly recommended to press the End button to re-start when they see their scores are not increased. The key point for this exercise is: DO NOT GIVE UP! If you try and try you would understand how to do this; actually your brain will configure it for you!
2) Word Scramble Puzzle No. 2: Review the following definitions in 2 minutes or less then solve the Word Scramble Puzzle that follows. When you are solving the puzzle, do not refer to this list of definitions!
1. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind:
anemometer
2. To delay or put off to some other time:
defer
3. The amount of money before deductions:
gross
4. A service:
ministry
5. To divide into quarters:
quadrate
6. A sense of injury:
umbrage
7. A rising, soaring, or climbing:
ascent
8. Dissimilar:
different
9. An image or likeness:
icon
10. To traverse by ship:
navigate
11. Denial of what is asked:
refusal
12. Green with vegetation:
verdant
13. A framed instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along some rods:
abacus
14. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles:
confront
15. One having a taste for or interest in special objects:
fancier
16. That makes or enacts laws:
legislative
17. A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous:
policy
18. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service:
superannuate
19. To abridge:
condense
20. Undue expenditure of money:
extravagance
Now, solve the following word scramble puzzles:
- - - Word Scramble Puzzle No. 2 - - -
Reference: Word Scramble Puzzles (Kindle Edition) by G.R. 2010.
1. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind:
noeemetmra
2. To delay or put off to some other time:
rfeed
3. The amount of money before deductions :
sosgr
4. A service:
nyrmitsi
5. To divide into quarters:
drateaqu
6. A sense of injury:
ebgmuar
7. A rising, soaring, or climbing:
tsance
8. Dissimilar:
itfdfeenr
9. An image or likeness:
cnio
10. To traverse by ship:
tageiavn
11. Denial of what is asked:
fusaler
12. Green with vegetation:
datevnr
13. A framed instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along some rods:
sbauac
14. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles:
oftornnc
15. One having a taste for or interest in special objects:
arnfcie
16. That makes or enacts laws:
iegilstavle
17. A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous:
ciylop
18. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service:
netunresapau
19. To abridge:
odenesnc
20. Undue expenditure of money:
txcvrgneaaea
OK, now, compare your result (out of 20) with what you did in past for Word Scramble Puzzle No. 1. Any progress?
Download link: WorkingMemoryGRP101
When you see a new color, you should remember whether the color displayed two trials back was a dark color or a light color. Then:
By your left hand you should press D for DARK.
By your right hand you should press L for LIGHT.
Consider the following scenario as an example:
1: You click on the Start button.
2: The first color which is displayed is light. Now, you do not need to press any key because there is no colors previously displayed.
3: The second color which is displayed is dark. You still do not need to press any key because there is no color displayed two trials back.
4: The third color which is displayed is dark. As soon as you see this third color you should press L because the color displayed two steps back, i.e. the first color, was a light color.
5: The fourth color which is displayed is light. As soon as you see this fourth color you should press D because the color displayed two steps back, i.e. the second color, was a dark color.
6: Continue this process until you could get the highest score that you are able to get.
As you do this exercise you should get higher and higher scores. For example, in the first day you may get a score around 2000. Then in the following day that you do this exercise, try to get a score higher than 2500 and so.
The colors are displayed randomly in three different speeds that you may choose before clicking on the Start button: Slow, Normal and Fast. Beginners and also people aged 65 or older may choose Slow.
If you press the correct key your score will be increased instantly and if you press the wrong key or if you do not press any key your score will be decreased.
Beginners may fail running this practice in the first tries. It is highly recommended to press the End button to re-start when they see their scores are not increased. The key point for this exercise is: DO NOT GIVE UP! If you try and try you would understand how to do this; actually your brain will configure it for you!
2) Word Scramble Puzzle No. 2: Review the following definitions in 2 minutes or less then solve the Word Scramble Puzzle that follows. When you are solving the puzzle, do not refer to this list of definitions!
1. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind:
anemometer
2. To delay or put off to some other time:
defer
3. The amount of money before deductions:
gross
4. A service:
ministry
5. To divide into quarters:
quadrate
6. A sense of injury:
umbrage
7. A rising, soaring, or climbing:
ascent
8. Dissimilar:
different
9. An image or likeness:
icon
10. To traverse by ship:
navigate
11. Denial of what is asked:
refusal
12. Green with vegetation:
verdant
13. A framed instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along some rods:
abacus
14. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles:
confront
15. One having a taste for or interest in special objects:
fancier
16. That makes or enacts laws:
legislative
17. A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous:
policy
18. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service:
superannuate
19. To abridge:
condense
20. Undue expenditure of money:
extravagance
Now, solve the following word scramble puzzles:
- - - Word Scramble Puzzle No. 2 - - -
Reference: Word Scramble Puzzles (Kindle Edition) by G.R. 2010.
1. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind:
noeemetmra
2. To delay or put off to some other time:
rfeed
3. The amount of money before deductions :
sosgr
4. A service:
nyrmitsi
5. To divide into quarters:
drateaqu
6. A sense of injury:
ebgmuar
7. A rising, soaring, or climbing:
tsance
8. Dissimilar:
itfdfeenr
9. An image or likeness:
cnio
10. To traverse by ship:
tageiavn
11. Denial of what is asked:
fusaler
12. Green with vegetation:
datevnr
13. A framed instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along some rods:
sbauac
14. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles:
oftornnc
15. One having a taste for or interest in special objects:
arnfcie
16. That makes or enacts laws:
iegilstavle
17. A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous:
ciylop
18. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service:
netunresapau
19. To abridge:
odenesnc
20. Undue expenditure of money:
txcvrgneaaea
OK, now, compare your result (out of 20) with what you did in past for Word Scramble Puzzle No. 1. Any progress?