GAMES to improve MEMORY

We tend to think that memory, the capacity for learning, attention or concentration, are skills that we have, in which some people have more facility in them than other However, these skills can be exercised. In order to stimulate, develop and activate these skills, it is necessary to invest time in working them. It should be noted that to enhance these skills, specifically memory, there are many dynamic games that allow the development and stimulation of memory. In this Psychology-Online article, we will present several games to improve memory, simple, fun and free so that you can start working on it dynamically.

Index

1. Games to improve memory
2. Remember the words
3. Find the figure that has no partner
4. Chained words
5. Let's make up a story
6. Pick a topic
7. Find the value of the letters
8. Test Raven
9. Find the way
10. The time

Memory is a cognitive ability that you can improve through stimulation. In the list that we will show you below, you will find 5 exercises to stimulate and work your memory and you can also practice with 5 mind and logic games to make your mind.

In the following exercise, short-term memory is worked, it serves both to evaluate and to improve memory. Should read the words for a minute that appear in the box and later evoke the ones you remember. Without looking at the words again, repeat the ones you remember after 10 minutes and then 20 minutes.

Another fun game to improve memory is matching pairs in a picture. In this case, all the drawings that appear in the illustration have a pair, however one of them does not. What is the picture that does not have a partner? You can leave it in comments.

A game to improve verbal memory, information retrieval, and processing speed are chained words. This game must be played in a group, with a minimum of 3 people. The first person must say a word and the next person must search a word that begins with the same syllable that the last one ended with word quoted. For example:

• Beetle
• Jot
• Heels
• Scarecrow

To add a bit of complexity, words that have already been stated cannot be repeated. To play!

This game to improve memory must be played in a group, with a minimum of 3 people and the more they can participate the better. In addition to being an ideal game to exercise our memory, it is very fun, so you will also experience the benefits of laughter.

The person who starts must begin the story by saying any phrase, the second person will have to repeat the same phrase that the previous participant has quoted and add another phrase to continue the story and so on. For example:

• Participant 1: A little pig was sitting on the couch at home
• Participant 2: A little pig was sitting on the sofa in his house, when the wolf called him for tea
• Participant 3: A little pig was sitting on the sofa in his house when the wolf called him for tea. However, it was all a trap, because the wolf did not come for tea
• Participant 4: A little pig was sitting on the sofa in his house when the wolf called him for tea. However, it was all a trap, because the wolf did not come to have tea, he came to meet the pig's sister.

Activate your memory by letting your imagination fly!

In order to play the "choose a topic" game there must be a minimum of 3 or 4 participants. In this memory improvement game, the group chooses a topic of their choice, such as “food”. The people in the group should take turns each time to say words that start with the letters of the alphabet, starting with A or Z, if you want to add complexity. For example, if the topic chosen by the group is food:

• Participant 1: avocado (A)
• Participant 2: aubergine (B)
• Participant 3: cauliflower (C)

In this exercise to improve working memory we have several balls that contain a letter and we must find its numerical value. If we know that the letter R is worth 2,what is the value of the letters remaining? This is another game for improve short-term memory. You can leave the answer in comments.

The Raven test, although it is used as a psychometric test to measure the level of intelligence, is a great exercise to promote our logic, as well as improve working memory, among other functions cognitive. If you want to evaluate your memory capacity you can do this memory test. The test presents 5 series with geometric compositions, missing one of the figures that must be selected from the different options presented. You must say what will the last figure of the series be like.

Another game that helps to stimulate memory is the mazes. Finding the way out of a complex maze, it also stimulates our logical capacity.

In this game to improve working memory, four clocks are presented, of which only one of them marks the exact time. Two of the clocks are late, one of them 5 minutes and the other 15, while the third is 10 minutes early Which of them marks the exact time?

• Clock 1: 9:20
• Clock 2: 9:15
• Clock 3: 9:30
• Clock 4: 9 and 5

You can reply in the comments.

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