🧩 Daily Puzzle Solving
Every day solve crosswords, Sudoku, or jigsaw puzzles. These practices activate together various cognitive functions, thus improving working memory as well as problem-solving abilities.
📝 Shopping List Memory
Before going to the store, commit your grocery list to memory and afterwards check how accurate you were. This exercise not only strengthens recall but also gives instant feedback about the performance.
🗣️ Learn New Vocabulary
Learn one new word a day in any language. The process of learning a language increases the activity of the brain regions responsible for memory and cognitive flexibility.
🚶 Mindful Walking Routes
Try different walking routes and make a mental map of the places you see. The use of spatial navigation exercises strengthens the function of the hippocampus and results in a significant improvement of episodic memory formation.
🎯 Backwards Counting
Start from 100 and count backwards in sevens or threes. This activity of mental arithmetic is a challenge and gradually leads to better attention control and higher capacity of working memory.
📖 Story Retelling Practice
First read the articles or watch the shows, then retell them later. Reconstructing narratives strengthens the processes of encoding, consolidation, and retrieval for complex information.