Five quick brain teasers to flex those Attention and Working Memory mental muscles

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Look­ing for some fun cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion to kick­start the week?

Below you’ll find a few brain teasers to chal­lenge your atten­tion and your work­ing mem­ory–the abil­ity to keep infor­ma­tion in your mind while manip­u­lat­ing mul­ti­ple units of infor­ma­tion at the same time.

Giv­en them a try … they are not as easy as they may sound 🙂

1. Say the days of the week back­wards, then in alpha­bet­i­cal order.

2. Say the months of the year in alpha­bet­i­cal order. Too easy? Well, try doing so back­wards, in reverse alpha­bet­i­cal order.

3. Find the sum of your date of birth, mm/dd/yyyy. Want a tougher mind teas­er? Do the same with your best friend’s date of birth (yup, with­out look­ing it up …)

4. Name two objects for every let­ter in your first name. Work up to five objects, try­ing to use dif­fer­ent items each time.

5. Look around you, wher­ev­er you are, and, with­in two min­utes, try to find five green things that may fit in your pock­ets, and 5 red objects that are clear­ly too big to fit.

 

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