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7 Exercises for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills

You are here: Home / Neurorehabilitation Activities / Activities for Cognitive Functions / Activities for Visuospatial Skills / 7 Exercises for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills
March 15, 2021 by NeuronUP
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Do you know what visuospatial skills are, why are they important, or how can they be improved? Today, we explain this cognitive function and introduce 7 exercises for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills in adults and children.

What are visuospatial skills?

Visuospatial skill is the ability to represent, analyze, and mentally manipulate objects.

There are two important concepts relating to visuospatial skills:

  • Spatial relationsto represent and mentally manipulate two-dimensional objects.
  • Spatial visualization: the ability to represent and mentally manipulate three-dimensional objects.

Why are visuospatial skills important?

Visuospatial skills are very useful in everyday life. Thanks to them, we can estimate the distance between two objects and create mental maps to get to a specific location. Visuospatial skills are essential when it comes to parking a car as they help us monitor whether we have enough space or not.

7 Exercises for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills

Stop the Ball

Stop the Ball

“Stop the ball” consists of estimating the exact moment in which the ball passes a specific point. This activity  is oriented towards training spatial relations.  Let’s see an example: the traffic light is green and we need to cross the street, but the traffic light will be turning red in five seconds. Will we have enough time to cross? This common scenario can cause insecurity if we have difficulty calculating distance and speed. We can train this with “Stop the ball”.

Apart from spatial relations, this exercise also targets inhibition, planning, and processing speed. It is also available for kids under the name “Pit Stop”. In this game, children must estimate the exact moment to make a pit stop.

Stop the Ball

Moving Cubes

This activity consists of visualizing what a series of cubes would look like if some of them were moved. Spatial visualization and planning are particularly trained.

Moving Cubes

This task is very useful for people with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease. If you would like to see more exercises for people with Parkinson’s, click here.

Space Conquest

Space Conquest

This is an activity for children that takes place in outer space. The kids must go from planet to planet until reaching their destination. This exercise is designed for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills in children. It is also ideal for training sustained attention, inhibition, planning, and processing speed.

The Mysterious Garden

The Mysterious Garden

“The Mysterious Garden” is a new exercise for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills. In this activity, children must create an exact replica of a garden filled with plants and animals. To do so, kids must fill their own garden with flowers and animals by clicking exactly on the same spot just like in the model. This exercise especially targets spatial relations.

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Angles

This exercise for the rehabilitation of visuospatial skills in adults aims at forming the given angle according to the given reference line. To do this, clients must pay close attention to the position of the lines in the model and click the angle in the middle image that, along with the one in green, best represents the correct angle.

By practicing this activity, adults train two cognitive functions in particular: Spatial relations and hemineglect.

Set the Clock

Set the Clock

In “Set the clock”, clients must set the clock to match specific times by moving the clock hands. This exercise is ideal for training spatial relations.

Number Lines

Number Lines

This activity consists of positioning a specific number on a number line based on the given references. This exercise is an excellent choice for training spatial relations, hemineglect, working memory, and reasoning.

Category: Activities for Visuospatial SkillsTag: Cognitive Stimulation Activities, Kids, Visuospatial Skills

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  1. Samuel Brown

    February 21, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    Hi! My name is Sam Brown and I am a graduate level researcher at Emporia State University. I am interested in using a few of these for my upcoming research study regarding an element on improving visuospatial processing in individuals. How can I go about downloading or utilizing some of these tests?

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    • NeuronUP

      February 22, 2023 at 7:54 am

      Hi Sam,

      Great, thank you very much for your interest!

      You can access these exercises and many more through the 15-day free trial.

      Here: https://app.neuronup.com/public/trial/request/adults_kids_digital/monthly

      If you need access to the platform for a longer period of time let us know.

      And, if you’d like one of our team members to get in touch with you to tell you more, answer any questions or even set up a demonstration of the platform, please pass along your phone number and we’ll be in touch!

      Moreover, we will love to see your research once you finish it.

      Best regards.

      Reply
  2. Samuel Brown

    February 22, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    I would love to get in touch for more information about these tools and a potential demonstration! Is an email address maybe viable for further conversations? If so, please reach out to [email protected] !

    Reply
    • NeuronUP

      February 23, 2023 at 9:57 am

      Perfect! My colleague Brian will contact you soon. Best regards!

      Reply

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