Each exercise uses a specific mental ability you have and activates an important part of your brain. There are no “right or wrong” answers. Maintain and enhance your cognitive abilities based on neuroscience principles. Each exercise takes 5 minutes or less. Write down your answers or just keep them in mind. Enjoy.

How many activities are you doingat the present time, physical and mental? The activities may involve hearing, tasting, touching, or feeling something. Add one or more tasks you may be able to do at the same time.

Exercise Goal: Mental multi-tasking.

Brain Map: Prefrontal cortex, parietal and occipital lobes, cerebellum.

Dr. Bob’s Comment: We call it “multi-tasking, but it should be called fast sequential awareness”.

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