Packet #59

In everyday life, we must be able to interact with both visual and auditory stimuli at one time. In this task, you will have to recall the presentation of different road signs while categorizing words that you hear. As the exercise becomes more challenging, the number of visual and auditory stimuli you must interact with becomes greater while the display time of the visual stimuli decreases. This exercise will help your client learn the strategies they need to be able to take notes while listening to a lecture or meeting and follow along with a conversation while in a busy place.

Have you tried to copy dance moves you see on TV? In this exercise, you will have to mentally connect the fireflies correctly to recognize the pattern that they are making. This exercise trains visual attention skills, working memory, and visual-spatial skills. Your client must learn strategies to examine information, make decisions using the details present, and arrive at an informed conclusion.

Visual and spatial information is abundant in everyday life in the forms of road signs, traffic lights, warning labels, and icons on a computer screen. Being able to distinguish objects from one another and locate them efficiently is essential for driving, maintaining personal safety, and functioning in the workplace. Your client will engage their hippocampus while activating the connections between the visual processing streams to correctly identify, remember, and place the objects they have seen.

When reading texts, signs, or even listening to a conversation, identifying when information seems out of place is essential to our ability to comprehend written and spoken words. In this exercise, your client must identify which figures in one list are not present in another list. This teaches your client not only to compare information, but identify both present and missing information.