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Brain training with rock-paper-scissors

Finger Exercises: Brain Training with 10 Rock-Paper-Scissors Variations to Prevent Dementia and Need for Care

This version of the Rock-Paper-Scissors exercise incorporates brain training elements.

It’s recommended for those who want to try a twist on the usual recreational activities.

Examples include exercises where you alternate hands while making rock, scissors, and paper, or doing rock-paper-scissors with one hand while the other hand keeps count.

All of them are challenging tasks that require full brain engagement.

It might be tough at first, but if you do them every day, your body will naturally remember.

Using your fingertips provides good stimulation for the brain and can help support both mental and physical health.

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Nanaka

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Tourist Attraction Quiz

[QUIZ] Japan's Famous Landmarks Quiz [#900]

This is a quiz where you answer which prefecture various tourist attractions across Japan are located in.

Let’s create questions featuring popular sightseeing spots, starting with temples and shrines.

Older participants can answer from a wide range of perspectives, such as places related to their hometowns or destinations they’ve visited on trips.

It could also be engaging to share not only the names of the attractions but also their origins and history.

For more difficult questions, we recommend giving hints related to the prefecture of the answer.

How about trying a brain-training activity themed around traditional architecture?

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Goo-Paa Exercise

[Exercise for Seniors: Open-and-Close (Goo-Paa) Routine] Dr. Arai’s Rock-Paper-Scissors Exercise — Recommended for brain training, dementia prevention, and care prevention. Please use it in care settings such as day-service centers. by FUKUKURU

This is an exercise designed to stimulate the brain by performing different movements with both hands and feet.

By paying attention to the muscles while shaping the hands and moving the feet, you can also expect benefits such as smoother body movement and improved circulation.

You start with a simple motion—extending both arms forward—and gradually make it more complex by adding elements like hand shapes, the direction you extend your arms, and stepping.

The goal is to reproduce the specified movements as accurately as possible, but even if it doesn’t go perfectly, the process of thinking about the next movement serves as brain training, so keep challenging yourself without giving up.

Maintaining correct posture and moving each body part thoroughly are also important points.

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Cognicise with a calendar

[Brain Training Exercises] Calendar Cognicise: A Slightly Unusual Health Exercise for Seniors

This is a “cognicise” routine tailored to the number of days in each month.

From January to December, some months have 30 days and others 31.

Sit in a chair and march your feet, adjusting the exercise to match the number of days in each month.

For months that do not have 31 days, like January or February, add hand claps; conversely, for months that do have 31 days, like March or May, add hand claps.

July and August both have 31 days in a row, so that’s an easy place to make mistakes.

Try writing the number of days for all 12 months on a whiteboard or on chairs in advance to help.

Once you get used to it, add more movements to increase the level.

Enjoy the exercise while having fun!

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Nakajima Junko

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Brain-training exercises that make you laugh

Brain-training exercises that spark laughter: recreational activities seniors enjoy, and health exercises.

The Nikko Kaido is a famous cherry blossom spot in Tochigi Prefecture.

Some older adults may have visited the Nikko Kaido to see the blossoms.

At the end of the Nikko Kaido is Nikko Toshogu Shrine, which is also known for the Three Wise Monkeys.

Let’s strike poses with our hands to match the Three Monkeys—see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

When the cues are called—see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil—use your hands to cover your eyes, ears, or mouth.

If you call out “see no evil” but then cover your ears as a trick, it livens things up.

You can also increase the difficulty by, for example, adding a single clap when “see no evil” is called.

As older adults get used to it, gradually raise the difficulty and encourage them to keep challenging themselves.

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Nakajima Junko

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Riddle Quiz

Riddles: About 16 questions with a time limit of roughly 15 seconds. Seniors, brain exercises, recreation, day service, rec, caregiving, indoor games, party, game.

Let’s train our brains by doing riddles and strengthening our thinking skills! We often did riddles when we were kids, right? Many people probably enjoyed reading riddle books or quizzing each other with riddles they knew.

Riddles also come in versions tailored to different ages and generations, and this set is designed for older adults, featuring a total of 16 questions.

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Brain-training exercises with nursery rhymes

How about this for your morning exercise? Brain-training recreation exercises to the tune of “Antagata Dokosa” [Exercise]

Brain-training exercises with nursery rhymes sound absolutely wonderful.

Moving your body to nostalgic songs seems like it would benefit both mind and body.

Since you move your hands and feet while singing, it also provides good stimulation for the brain.

It’s great that seniors can enjoy doing it together.

Singing while recalling the past will naturally bring smiles.

It can also spark communication.

It’s recommended to start with simple movements and gradually make them more challenging.

It sounds like the kind of exercise everyone can keep doing together and enjoy.