Oct 10, 2006
Exercise Brain: Frontal and Parietal lobes
By: Alvaro Fernandez
Let’s now exercise our Frontal Lobes (that deal with working memory and attention, among other things) and Parietal Lobes (visual interpretation). (Basic brain anatomy here)
Quick! Count the number of times the number “6” appears below (you may need to scroll down).
Then, count the total of both “3“s and “7“s, trying to add the total number of both as you see either (this is, don’t just count all the “3“s, and then the “7“s)
1234467889974674657865876576576 3576573625432657346578436578342 2732188582735827456724687343828 7672878682768723682376783768267 2647648823178346432764876774653 7436574386581483627868653873465
The Answer appears as a comment below. The most important thing here is not to get the right answer, but to try. This type of exercise has been used by the military to improve attention for decades (now there are more advanced, computer-based, tools, but this keeps being fun).
I got the correct answers on my 2nd try.
But I did it by counting down each column, instead of across rows.
33 and 59.…
it was great.
Wow, I was shocked to scroll down and see that I got it right, 33 and 59. Cool.
59–3 & 7 32 6’s now I got to go back and count the 6’s again
I thought we were supposed to add all 3–I got 92.
I got 33 and 59.
If you normally read left to right, try counting finding the numbers scanning right to left… it will increase the accuracy. And, scanning from bottom to top (if you normally read top to bottom) will help you not skip lines.
first I got 34 6es then I was count again and I got
33 of 6es.
I was got only
27 of 3s and 7s at the same time.
33–6
59–3&7
I got exactly 33 and 59 sooo excited woohoo!!
19 & 55
19 & 55
2nd try:
33 & 55
33 6s woo hoo!
I read the instructions that we had to count the 3s and 7s individually but at the same time so to keep track I counted the 3s using numbers and the 7s using the alphabet… and came out with 23 3s and 36 7s = 59 total I’m shocked !!!
I got 33/ 3s.AND I ADDED AS I WENT THRU THE 3S AND 7S CAME UP W/ 332
Well, if I had been a soldier I would have missed one of the enemies named “3” and would have mistaken one of my own people as a “3” or a “7.” Not good in battle!
I got 32 6’s. And I got 60 7&3’s. I tried it two different ways. First I tried visually matching 7’s and 3’s together to make 10’s so it would be easier to add. I found myself marking 7’s with my finger on the screen, though, since they were not evenly matched. Then I tried a different strategy which could technically be cheating, I suppose. As I came to a 3, I would name them in order such as 3–1, 3–2, 3–3, while also naming the 7’s aloud as I came to them, 7–1, 7–2, …by the end I was at 3–24 and 7–36. I then mentally added 24 + 36 = 60.
So, I did them as I went, but separately, as well.
Nice exercise! But I’m a bit puzzled at something: In the text at the top of this page you say this task exercises the Frontal and Parietal lobe, and that the Parietal lobe deals with visual interpretation. I thought the Occipital lobe was the primary visual interpretation centre, and that the Parietal lobe mainly deals with sensory information. How come this isn’t an exercise mainly for the Frontal and the Occipital lobe?
yeah, 33=6’s and 59=3’s + 7’s
I have a closed head injury and find the exercises a bit of a mental workout. Since I found your site I try and do a few exercises every day.
6 = 29
3 & 7 = 59
33 and 59 !
33 and 59
I got 32 and 58 not bad one way!