Displaced Characters

Game Description

After you memorize the characters from a first list, you have to find out which ones have been replaced in a second list.

Cognitive Function Exercised

The main brain area that is involved in this task is the right temporal lobe. This exercise helps strengthen visual memory, spatial memory and visual concentration. Visual memory is a part of memory preserving some characteristics of our senses pertaining to visual experience. We are able to place in memory information that resembles objects, symbols, places, animals or people in sort of a mental image. This exercise requires rapidity, a good visual analysis of characters, and attention to detail.

Benefits to Daily Life

Memory is needed everywhere in your daily life. You constantly call upon it in varied ways such as to remember a pin code, a phone number, the title of the movie, an appointment, where you put your keys, or a historical event. It also plays a crucial part in all cognitive activities such as reading, reasoning, mental calculations and the creation of mental pictures. It is therefore constantly required, voluntarily or not. A good memory is undoubtedly necessary for a healthy life.