I keep
telling myself there is a reason I keep mixing up my days and weeks. Right now,
I’m writing this column a week ahead of the day its delivered to your mailbox.
And the column will be discussing events occurring during that following week. I
have to think two weeks ahead and for a guy who usually plans from day to day, that’s
not easy. My fear is one day during my annual Medicare Wellness check, I’m
going to pause too long when asked what day it is and be whisked away to take
some cognitive assessment for you know what! – and fail!!
But
you might be in the same boat. (Of course, if you’re retired who cares what day
it is. Every day is the weekend!). One of the keys to keeping all your oars in
the water is challenging yourself mentally every day – which doesn’t mean taking
your high school algebra class again.
For
your enjoyment and maybe a little mental frustration, here is a brain teaser
whose aim is to stimulate the connections or associations between words stored
in the temporal lobes of your brain. The temporal lobes are one of the four
main lobes or regions of the cerebral cortex and play an important role in
organizing sensory input, auditory perception, language and speech production,
as well as memory association and formation. (Don’t you feel smarter already!)
Words that
are often heard together (such as salt and pepper) or words that share some
meaning (such as nurse and doctor) are connected or associated in the brain.
Once you hear one, the other is often activated.
In
this brain teaser, you will see pairs of words, and your goal is to find a
third word that is connected or associated with both words. For example, the
first pair is PIANO and LOCK. The answer is KEY. The word KEY is connected with
both the word piano and the word lock: there are KEYS on a piano and you use a
KEY to lock doors.
Ready
to stimulate connections in your temporal lobes? Enjoy! (Solutions are below.)
1. LOCK
— PIANO; 2. SHIP — CARD; 3. TREE — CAR; 4. SCHOOL — EYE; 5. PILLOW — COURT; 6.
RIVER — MONEY; 7. BED — PAPER; 8. ARMY — WATER; 9. TENNIS — NOISE; 10. EGYPTIAN
— MOTHER; 11. SMOKER — PLUMBER
If you
want to stimulate your mind by enjoying more brain teasers; or by watching
videos about the brain and brain health, join us for the Brain Fitness Club
returning on Monday, September 17th starting at 1:00.
And
right before at noon, “Lunch with TED” meets where we eat lunch while watching
and discussing several of the latest TED Talks. TED Talks are short talks (18
minutes or less) on various topics from science to business to global issues
produced by TED - a nonprofit devoted to “spreading ideas worth sharing”. Everyone
is invited to either one or both classes.
The
arranger and conductor for many of Frank Sinatra’s hits; and who made a
comeback in the 80’s arranging three albums for Linda Ronstadt is Nelson
Riddle. But since I am writing this early before I leave for my trip back east
to visit my brother, I will mention everyone who responded next week.)
This epic adventure comedy movie was based on the classic
novel by Jules Verne and won five Academy Awards including Best Picture in
1956. For this week’s “Remember When” question, in this movie that takes place
in 1872, the Englishman Phileas Fogg bets that he can circle the globe in how
many days? Email your answer to www.mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, leave a message
at 541-296-4788 or send it with a DVD of the 2004 digitally restored version of
the original movie.
Well it’s been another week trying to remember from one room to room.
Until we meet again, it’s about that time to start changing from shorts to
sweaters.
“I
never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the
morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.” Pearl Bailey
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