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Attention

Exercise 1

Objectives: To intervene in numerical memory

Instructions: The patient must remember the numbers that are read out to them, and add them together.

8 8 4 8

R R R U

l k k k

7 3 7 7

a a o a

B B B D

1 1 3 1

6 6 6 4

g h h h

4 2 4 4

I I I L

9 8 9 9

Exercise 2

Put the following numbers in order from smallest to largest:

256 – 78 – 10.290 – 5.865 – 456 – 2.900 – 654.390 – 2 – 783 – 6.098 – 45 – 4.578 – 34 – 74.897 – 32.459 – 632 – 98.340 – 321 – 54 – 9.000

Exercise 3

You must draw a circle around the letter or number in each series that is the odd one out.

2 2 2 5

A N A A

r r d r

0 8 0 0

W V V V

K K K L

8 3 3 3

9 9 4 9

c c c n

1 1 7 1

M M M N

4 4 4 7

Exercise 4

Write down 35 objects that can be found in a dance hall.

Example: dance floor.

Exercise 5

Write down 10 objects that can be found in a church.

Example: pews.

Exercise 6

Read them the following sentences one at a time and ask them to repeat them:

– We’re going to the beach this afternoon.
– This spring will be drier than last spring.
– My son has been studying to go to university.
– The audience was satisfied with the painter’s exhibition.
– In summer we will visit my parents, who live in Soria.
– Our next door neighbour has bought a new pet.
– The prime minister has held a conference to talk about climate change.