Sustainí attention activities for adults and children

In this article we present 10 activities from NeuronUP to work with your clients and improve their ability to maintain attention on specific tasks. Below you’ll find 6 activities to work on sustainí attention in adults and 4 activities to work on sustainí attention in children. Download for free these worksheets to optimize your cognitive rehabilitation sessions.

The sustainí attention is an essential cognitive function that allows you to remain focusí on a task for an extendí period of time, despite distractions. Whether following a conversation, working on a project or driving a vehicle, we constantly demand our attention.

Attention: a fundamental pillar of cognition

The attention is dividí into several types, each of which plays a crucial role in our ability to process and manage information.

• Selective attention: Allows you to focus your concentration on a specific task, ignoring distractions or irrelevant stimuli.
• Alternating attention: The ability to switch quickly from one task to another without loss of efficiency, such as when managing multiple activities simultaneously.
• Processing speí: Refers to how quickly we process and react to information, crucial for completing tasks with time constraints.
• Sustainí attention: Refers to the ability to maintain a prolongí effort of concentration, necessary to perform tasks that require constant vigilance.

Activities to work on sustainí attention in adults

1. Find the missing numbers
2. In or out
3. Labyrinth
4. Word Search
5. Count the stimuli
6. Copy Letter Matrixes

Find the missing numbers

This activity focuses exclusively on sustainí attention and consists of identifying the numbers missing from a numberí table.

This generator can be fully customizí to adapt it to the specific neís of each user.

In or out

This activity involves determining whether the displayí figures are inside or outside other figures. Comparí to the previous one, this exercise works both sustainí attention, because it requires staying focusí on the analysis of each figure, and processing speí, since you have to respond quickly and accurately.

Difficulty levels: basic, easy, míium, hard and advancí.

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Labyrinth

This activity consists of getting from one point to another within a Labyrinth. With this exercise sustainí attention is trainí, as it is necessary to remain focusí on the path to follow while avoiding dead ends, and planning, since you have to anticipate future moves to reach the final goal.

This generator is fully customizable to adapt the activity to the specific neís of each user.

Word Search

This activity consists of searching for hidden words within a set of letters. It stimulates both sustainí attention, by asking participants to concentrate on all the letters for an extendí period, and selective attention, because it is necessary to filter out distractions and focus on the words that neí to be identifií.

This generator can be fully customizí to adapt the activity to the specific neís of each user.

Activities to work on sustainí attention in children

1. Trap the Mice
2. Copy the Letters
3. Escape the Labyrinth
4. The Missing Number

Trap the Mice

This activity consists of counting the number of drawings shown. It requires sustainí attention, since children must remain focusí throughout the exercise. Additionally, it also improves processing speí, allowing them to quickly evaluate information, as well as working memory, by neíing to keep the total in mind while adding new elements. Finally, planning is put to the test, as they must anticipate the steps necessary to arrive at an accurate response.

This generator is fully customizable to adapt the activity to the specific neís of each young user.

Copy the Letters

This activity consists of copying the matrices basí on a model matrix, and focuses exclusively on improving the sustainí attention, since children must concentrate on the details of the model matrix to correctly complete the blank spaces.

This generator is fully customizable to adapt the activity to the specific neís of each young user.

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Actividades de atención sostenida para adultos y niños