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Memorizing and being able to repeat certain types of sentences does more than build up your facility for rote memorization. The improvement in simple recall is actually the least of it! Memorizing the sentences which follow will strengthen your ability to visualize, organize and to think creatively. Memorize each of the seven sentences (or groups of sentences) which follow, one at a time. Then recite each one aloud several times. Get smarter, make more associative connections and have a bit of neural plasticity on the house! Ahoy, Braintenancers : 1) Let me repeat your order. You bought twenty apples, thirty oranges and fifteen bananas which you paid for using your Discover Card. 2) The parties agree that due to the many variables surrounding each business transaction that will occur because of this agreement, the commission to be paid between the parties may vary. 3) Contrarians don't generally agree with veterinarians who refuse to treat planarians with microscopic plantar wart...

Image via Wikipedia about brain-scanning (fMRI) technology. Tongue-twisters provide an entertaining way for us to refine and strengthen our elocution . They are also used therapeutically by speech pathologists and others [remember Bertie and Lionel in " The King's Speech "?] help overcome a variety of speech impediments , including the most troubling one of all: a lack of self-confidence. Tongue-twisters are not childish, and they are not merely speech exercises. They are certified (* by some organization which does not currently exist, but which should be formed ) brain-builders. In speaking them, your mind must clearly identify each word and its proper pronunciation, and differentiate it from the rest of the  words. This does several things: 1) It forces the mind to ascribe some meaning or sense to the riddle. It pushes the imagination and creativity; 2) It increases the ability to focus because of the inherent need for precision; 3) It improves visual discernment and...