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Brain Injury

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  1. 5 Cognitive Exercises for Post-Concussion Syndrome Kim Anderson

  2. 1. Card Sorting • Take a 50-card deck and find the ace for each suit. Shuffle the other cards. Choose an order from left to right of each ace (for example, hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades). Give yourself a few seconds to memorize the order, then turn the aces face down. • Take the deck of cards and draw one card at a time. Look at each card you draw, then sort it face down according to where you think the matching suit is. At the end, your goal is to have all the clubs in the pile for clubs, all the diamonds with other diamonds, and so forth.

  3. Time yourself and see how quickly you can sort the cards. If you have a friend or helper, try having them give you small cognitive tasks at the same time. For example, they might say a word, and you have to say the antonym (opposite) of that word — all while continuing to sort the cards. For example, your friend might say, “hot,” so you would need to say, “cold.” • Each time you finish the exercise, you can turn the piles over to see how many cards you got right — and how many you missorted. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

  4. 2. Boggle • Boggle is a game of finding words out of a 4x4 or 5x5 matrix of letters. You look for ways to connect adjacent letters into a word (cardinal directions and diagonal are both allowed). The goal is to write down as many unique words as you can before time runs out. While it’s the most fun to play Boggle against friends, there are solo versions that you can play online. • If you want to play online, start with Wordtwist, PuzzleBaron’s take on the game. You can compete against other online players (via a high score system) and see which words people have submitted for the puzzle when you’re out of time (but many of those scores are absurdly high, so don’t take it too hard if you don’t make the board). • Note that to submit words on Wordtwist, you’ll need to click on the first letter of the word you want to spell, use your mouse to hover in order over the other letters, then click the final letter.

  5. 3 Set • SET is a game of grouping shapes based on four characteristics: color, pattern, shape, and number. Each SET consists of three cards. For each characteristic on the card, the set must have a) all the same ones or b) all different ones. • For example, in the picture above, the player has identified four out of six SETs (seen on the right side of the image). The first set consists of a) only ovals, b) all different colors, c) only empty patterns, and d) only singles. The third SET down, on the other hand, includes exclusively different items: • A single, blue, lined squiggle • Two green, solid diamonds • Three red, empty ovals. • In other words, the color, shape, pattern, and number for each card is different from the other two cards in the SET. • SET can be confusing the first couple of times you try it, but once you’re used to the conditions (all the same or none the same), it’s a nice brain workout.  This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

  6. 4. Tangrams • Tangrams are physical puzzles. You start with a specified number of shapes (squares, triangles, and a rhombus) and an image. You have to figure out how to arrange them to make the final puzzle shape. • You can purchase tangram blocks or print some on paper. There are hundreds of patterns scattered across the internet. You can print paper tangrams from this site to get started. 

  7. 5. Hart Chart Decoding • Hart Chart decoding is fairly easy as long as you don’t have significant vision problems. That said, it’s a good exercise for your eyes and involves a little cognitive work, too. • To complete this exercise, tape the Hart Chart (the chart of letters provided here) on a wall a few feet away from where you are sitting. Have someone type a sentence into the generator on hartchartdecoding.com and print out the puzzle. If you don’t have anyone to do this for you, the site provides a few pre-made puzzles. • Next, use the coordinates on the puzzle to find the letter that belongs in the empty spot (as illustrated above). Repeat for all empty spaces to reveal the message. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

  8. For more information Go to https://www.facebook.com/Brain-injury-information-from-Kim-Anderson-153803158664218

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