Brain Exercises And Games

Exercise Your Brain With Games, Puzzles And More

What are some mind exercises that I can get my middle-aged mother?

I'm trying to put abit of a basket next to my mother (who is losing their short-term memory with age) for Christmas, I have things like sudoku and crossword puzzle books has anyone else got any ideas?

people make the 'book of the series dummies' has a soft-ish fun game called "Brain Training for Dummies." its not offending anyone, mind you. its just the name of the book series. You can play the card game matching "memory" with her or simon "

Photographic Memory Training Exercises

MODELS OF SHORT-TERM MEMORY $82.88 No Synopsis Available

Neuropsychological Impairments of Short-term Memory $102.38 No Synopsis Available

Neuropsychological Impairments of Short-Term Memory $195 No Synopsis Available

Melissa and Doug Flip-to-Win Memory Game $12.99 Choose from among 14 fun themes, slide a card into the gameboard and start looking for matches. This handy memory game includes one game board, seven double-sided game cards and a two-player scoreboard. There are no loose pieces and everything conveniently stores in the board. Great for travel!

Interactions Between Short-term and Long-term Memory in the Verbal Domain $82.88 No Synopsis Available

Melissa and Doug Maritime Mates Memory Game Pool Toy $14.99 Drop these seashells into the pool for an action-packed memory game! The set includes 10 hinged shells that open to reveal charming illustrations of the Maritime Mates. You’ll need to explore the “sea floor” of your swimming pool to find the matching pairs! Instructions are included for a variety of exciting games, adaptable to all swimming levels. Lots of fun in and out of the pool, this well-made set encourages gross motor activity and cognitive development through play.”Maritime Mates” water toys and pool games feature cheerful characters to encourage beginning swimmers and lots of exciting games to keep big kids splashing, swimming and having a blast. Summer is even more fun with Sunny Patch pool toys!Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:Adjust the difficulty of the games by playing in shallower or deeper water, as appropriate to the swimming skills of the players.MARITIME MATES MEMORY GAME (2 players) 1. Close all the shells and toss them into the pool. 2. Player 1 picks up a pair of shells and opens them. If the characters inside match, the player scores one point, the matching pair is removed from the pool, and Player 1 goes again. 3. If the shells do not match, the shells are returned to the pool, and Player 2 takes a turn. 4. Continue playing until all the pairs have been found. Whoever finds the most pairs wins!More games available!

Melissa and Doug Orangutan Giant Stuffed Animal $59.99 Orange-you glad you chose this orangutan! Excellent quality construction and exacting attention to detail make the long fuzzy hair, detailed fingers and toes, and expressive face of this lifelike, lovable orangutan a worthy long-term friend.

Melissa and Doug Sketch Pad $3.99 Serious artists will appreciate this generously sized, 9″ x 12″, wire-bound pad of professional quality paper. Its thickness and slight texture make it ideal for charcoals, as well as, pencils, crayons and markers. Two drawing exercises are included to get you started!

Brain Box: My First $11.99 My First Brain Box is the ten-minute memory recall game! These clever games challenge players to memorize as many details as they can in just 10 short seconds! Turn the timer over, concentrate on the card and try to memorize as many details of the picture as you can. Players then roll the die to determine which question will be asked and quiz each other on what they remember. How many stripes on the shirt? etc.For 1 or more players, ages 4 and up.Contents Include: 55 cards, a sand timer and 8-sided die.

Melissa and Doug Pets Peg Puzzle – 8 Pieces $7.99 Puppies and kittens will charm your child into matching them with their mothers! Pictures under the pieces and easy-grasp pegs will help your child practice fine motor, hand-eye and memory skills.

Melissa and Doug Safari Peg Puzzle – 8 Pieces $7.99 Your child will “go wild” matching the baby animals to their parents in this sturdy wooden puzzle. Easy-grasp pegs and pictures under the pieces will help your child solve this simple 8-piece puzzle. Good for memory, fine motor and hand-eye skills practice.

Melissa and Doug Vehicles Peg Puzzle – 8 Pieces $7.99 Go, go, go in your choice of vehicle with this colorful 8-piece wooden puzzle! The bright colors will catch your child’s interest and the pictures under the pieces and easy-grasp pegs will help to solve the puzzle. A great way to practice hand-eye, fine motor and memory skills.

Melissa and Doug Farm Peg Puzzle – 8 Pieces $7.99 Your child may be inspired to “moo, oink, baa and neigh” while matching the mother and baby animals in this kid-powered wooden puzzle! Easy-grasp pegs and pictures under the pieces make this a great way to practice hand-eye, fine motor and memory skills.

Melissa and Doug Hide & Seek Farm $16.99 Here a chick, there a chick…behind each of the 9 hinged doors on this charming barnyard scene is a delightful, magnetic animal. Learning about animals while improving memory and fine motor skills will keep children busy and having fun on the farm for hours!

Melissa and Doug The Box Girls Family Dinner Box of Questions – Faith Edition $9.99 Dinner is the perfect time to deepen our family relationships and our faith. This Box Girls set offers 82 ways to start the conversation, with probing questions such as “What do you think Heaven will be like?” and “What is your earliest memory of knowing God?” Share your ideas, and make mealtime the best time for fellowship and family.

Melissa and Doug United States of America Sound Puzzle – 40 Pieces $24.99 As each piece is placed correctly in the puzzle board, your child will be delighted to hear the names of the states and capitals! Forty wooden pieces help develop map and memory skills. Pictures on pieces show images associated with each state. State borders shown under pieces.

Melissa and Doug Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes Puzzle Set 2 $59.99 Familiar characters from Cinderella, Little Boy Blue, Little Bo Peep, Pinocchio, Gingerbread Man and “Rub-A-Dub-Dub” are featured in this classic nursery puzzle set. Six 6-piece wooden jigsaw puzzles are great for developing rhyming and simple storytelling, memory and recognition skills.

Melissa and Doug Pearl Teddy Bear Stuffed Animal $14.99 A gem of a bear! Pearl features short-pile white plush – but there’s no shortage of softness in this velvety stuffed animal. High-quality construction and materials and super-cuddly textures make Pearl an heirloom-quality teddy that any child would treasure. Surface washable.

Melissa and Doug Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes Puzzle Set 1 $119.99 Twelve popular fairy tales and classic nursery rhymes are beautifully portrayed in this deluxe set of 12 colorful wooden jigsaw puzzles. Three pigs, three bears, three billy goats and so many more favorite characters! Each puzzle has 9 – 15 pieces for easy assembly. Great for developing rhyming and simple storytelling, memory and recognition skills.

Melissa and Doug The Box Girls Family Dinner Box of Questions – Faith Edition – Mini $4.99 Dinner is the perfect time to deepen our family relationships and our faith. This Box Girls Mini set offers 42 ways to start the conversation, with probing questions such as “What do you think Heaven will be like?” and “What is your earliest memory of knowing God?” Share your ideas, and make mealtime the best time for fellowship and family.

Melissa and Doug The Box Girls Family Dinner Box of Questions $9.99 Want to hear more at dinner than “Pass the peas”? Wrap your “noodle” around the questions on these circular cards and dinner will never be dull again. The set contains 82 conversation-starters, such as: “What is your earliest memory?” “Who do you think has it easier, girls or boys?” and “What do you like most about the person to your right?” A sturdy box stores the cards until the next time someone says, “Pass the Box Girls!”

Melissa and Doug Puppy Pursuit $29.99 With only 6 stuffed puppies and 60 paw print cards, this box contains ten active games to encourage the development of memory, patterning, sequencing, color recognition and matching skills. Puppy Hunt, Jumping Puppies and Paw Pickers are just three of the engaging canine activities children will be begging to play! Instructions include variations on many of the games to extend the fun.

Melissa and Doug Sandwich Stacking Games $29.99 This cool set is the perfect excuse to play with your food! Slip the bread-shaped gloves onto your hands, then follow the sandwich cards to “grab” sandwich fillings and make the winning sandwich. A variety of game ideas include Fast Food (race to match the sandwich on the picture card), Service on the Fly (toss a sandwich filling onto a bread glove) and more! Inspiring children to get active and improve memory and matching skills will put fun on the menu every time. Set includes four bread-slice gloves, 14 sandwich fillings and 20 sandwich cards.

Melissa and Doug Food Groups – Wooden Play Food $19.99 Planning a well-balanced meal is child’s play with this wooden set. Items from the five food groups–including watermelon, milk, cheese, fish, eggs, and much more–are crafted of solid wood and come with four wooden baskets for sorting and storage.Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:Ask the child to identify each food item (other than condiments) and to categorize it by basic food group: meat, dairy, grain, or fruits and vegetables. Ask the child to place each food group in a different crate.Ask the child to identify each food item (other than condiments) and to categorize it by basic food group: meat, dairy, grain or fruits and vegetables. Ask the child to place each food group in a different crate.Have the child identify the colors of each food item, and sort the items by color among the four crates.Help the child to assemble a balanced meal in each basket. Explain that each meal must have one item from each food group.Visual memory skills: Place 3-4 ingredients in front of the child. Let the child study them before asking the child to close their eyes while you remove one piece. Ask the child which piece was removed. Gradually increase the number of ingredients.

Melissa and Doug Farm Animal Pairs Press & Spin Game $5.99 Press & Spin games fit in little boxes – but they’re big fun on game night! Farm Animal Pairs features a colorful spinner and a deck of 24 memory cards with animal artwork. Game instructions include multiple ways fo children to use this family-friendly game set, so it can be enjoyed by preschoolers and older kids too!Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:Farm Animal Pairs: With the cards laid face-down in a grid pattern, the players take turns spinning the spinner and turning over the number of cards shown on the spinner. Players collect any matches they find, and return any non-matching cards to the face-down position. When all the cards have been matched, player count the pairs they’ve collected. Whoever has the most pairs wins!Animal Charades: Spread out the cards, animal-pictures-down, on a playing surface. Player 1 chooses a card, and looks at the animal on the card without letting the other players see it. Player 1 then acts out the animal, using movement and sound but no words. Whoever guesses the animal correctly gets to go next! (To keep score, count one point for every correct guess or spin the spinner to set a points value for each round.)

Melissa and Doug U.S.A.(United States) Map Floor Puzzle $12.99 Geography comes to life in this cardboard floor puzzle, featuring 51 pieces cut to the shape of each state or region. This colorful map is 2 feet x 3 feet when assembled, with extra-thick jigsaw pieces and an “Easy-Clean” surface that keeps it looking new.Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:Find the puzzle piece that shows your state, and talk about where in the state your home is. What picture is shown for your state? Why do you think this object is associated with your state?Work on the puzzle with 1-3 friends, giving each player all the puzzle pieces of one color. (Any leftover puzzle pieces can be divided among the players.)Turn the puzzle pieces over so the white sides are up. Can you guess any of the states from their shapes alone? (Watch out–a few of the pieces have more than one state–extra points if you can name all the states on one piece from memory!)

Melissa and Doug Play Money Set $19.99 Never be short of (pretend) cash again! With fifty of each denomination, this set includes familiar looking paper bills and plastic coins. This stash of cash conveniently stores in a handy wooden “cash drawer” box. Each compartment has the denomination printed inside for easy matching cleanup.Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:Ask the child to identify the individual coins and bills. Discuss each coin or bill by pointing out its value, the images and any special features such as the grooved edges on the dime, quarter and 50-cent pieces.Remove the money from the wooden tray and show the child the screen-printing at the bottom of each section. Explain that the arrangement of the tray is similar to a cash-register drawer they see at a store.Ask the child to put the money back into the tray, placing each set of coins and bills in the appropriate space.Make a pattern using a variety of coins. Ask the child to replicate the pattern, name each coin and determine the total dollar value of the pattern.Place a small group of coins on a flat surface, making sure there are examples of each denomination. Ask the child to sort the coins so all the like coins are together. Then ask him/her to place the coins in order by value from lowest to highest. Repeat the activity with the bills.

Melissa and Doug Whittle World Wooden Cargo Ship & Truck Play Set $24.99 The container ship is pulling into port. Time to unload the cargo! Children can help the captain and driver lift the cargo box, swivel the crane and load the truck with this multi-vehicle play set. Each high-quality piece offers tremendous play value – from the container ship with its lift-and-swivel crane, to the tough truck with smooth-rolling wheels, to the easy-hitch container box that slides open and closed. Pieces are sized to fit with all Whittle World play sets and accessories sets.Melissa & Doug’s Whittle World play sets are wooden toys with timeless appeal. The solid-wood pieces and open-ended activities echo traditional toys that have been enjoyed for generations; clean, modern styling and stringent safety testing offer the very best of today. The result is a line of exceptional toys that’s perfect for today’s families! Whittle World brings children a great big world of imaginative play in a charming “Whittle” package.Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:SOLVE: Matching – Sorting – Memory Line up the five play pieces and ask the child to study them. Ask the child to close his/her eyes while you switch two of the pieces. Ask the child to open his/her eyes and tell you what has changed. Vary the challenge by simply removing a piece and asking the child which one is missing.More play ideas available!

Melissa and Doug Whittle World Traffic Signs Wooden Set $4.99 The six wooden traffic signs in this set are here to bring order to Whittle World! Add them to any Whittle World wooden play set, or use them on their own as whimsical manipulatives and inspiring play pieces. Each road sign is made of solid wood and printed with bright, cheerful artwork.Melissa & Doug’s Whittle World play sets are wooden toys with timeless appeal. The solid-wood pieces and open-ended activities echo traditional toys that have been enjoyed for generations; clean, modern styling and stringent safety testing offer the very best of today. The result is a line of exceptional toys that’s perfect for today’s families! Whittle World brings children a great big world of imaginative play in a charming “Whittle” package.6 signs – each: 1″ x 2.8 x .5″Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:SOLVE: Matching – Sorting – Memory Ask the child to sort the signs according to common characteristics. For instance, the child could sort the signs with white from the signs with yellow.IMAGINE: Pretending – Creating – Storytelling Ask the child to tell you what each sign means, and help explain any he/she does not understand. Then ask the child to tell a story about a child who rides his/her bicycle through town and sees all these signs. Challenge the child to include all six signs in the story!More play ideas available!

Short Term/Working Memory: Second Quebec Conference on Short-Term/Working: A Special Issue of Memory $113.1 No Synopsis Available

Brain The $17.18 Rated: NASynopsis: THE BRAIN is an astonishing voyage of discovery into our last biological frontier. Although today s computers can make calculations in one-100th of a second and technology can transport us outside the bonds of Earth, only now are we beginning to understand the most complex machine in the universe.Using simple analogies, real-life case studies, and state-of-the-art CGI, this special shows how the brain works, explains the frequent battle between instinct and reason, and unravels the mysteries of memory and decision-making. It takes us inside the mind of a soldier under fire to see how decisions are made in extreme situations, examines how an autistic person like Rain Man develops remarkable skills, and takes on the age-old question of what makes one person good and another evil.Research is rushing forward. We’ve learned more about the workings of the brain in the last five years than in the previous one hundred. This DVD from HISTORYTM brings it all to spellbinding life.

Exercises for Brain Health $11.2 No Synopsis Available

Brain Exercises to Cure ADHD $19.49 No Synopsis Available

Short-Term/Working Memory : A Special Double Issue of the International Journal of Psychology $78 No Synopsis Available

Short-term and Working Memory Impairments in Aphasia: Data, models, and their application to rehabilitation $141.38 No Synopsis Available

Good Morning Exercises For Kids CD $16.49 Clap, stretch, skip and move into a great morning. Exercises are short and simple but fun!

Keep Your Brain Alive : 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness $8.73 No Synopsis Available

Memory and Brain $46.75 No Synopsis Available

Memory and the Brain $107.25 No Synopsis Available

Rider Fitness: Body and Brain; 180 Anytime, Anywhere Exercises to Enhance Range of Motion, Motor Control, Reaction Time, Flexibility, Balance and Muscle Memory $21.91 No Synopsis Available

Short-Term Couple Therapy $33.44 No Synopsis Available

Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss : The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There $11.66 No Synopsis Available

Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There $29.14 No Synopsis Available

Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There, Library Edition $58.3 No Synopsis Available

Short-Term Financial Management $10 No Synopsis Available

SHORT TERM TREATMENT $47.06 No Synopsis Available