Top brain teasers to test your mind

By SharpBrains | November 22, 2013

We just select­ed and cat­e­go­rized the Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games that Sharp­Brains read­ers have been enjoy­ing the most. Here are a few sam­ples… Fun exper­i­ments on how our brains work 1. You think you know the col­ors? Try the Stroop Test 3. Take the Sens­es Chal­lenge (Inter­ac­tive) Atten­tion and mem­o­ry 7. Count the Fs in this sen­tence 9. Proud of your…

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Optical illusions and brain teasers

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 26, 2010

Quick note: Yahoo! has cre­at­ed an expand­ed sec­tion with opti­cal illu­sions and brain teasers, and we were glad to con­tribute to it. You can enjoy it Here. Once you are done, you can find many more brain teasers here.

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Update: Public Libraries as Health Clubs for the Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 7, 2009

Here you have the July edi­tion of our month­ly newslet­ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, using the box at the top of this page. Pub­lic libraries have long offered the pub­lic more than books. And now, recent demo­graph­ic and sci­en­tif­ic trends are…

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Can you use mental self rotation to read a map?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | August 15, 2008 |

What is men­tal self rota­tion? It is the abil­i­ty to imag­ine your­self in dif­fer­ent loca­tions in space and imag­ine your body mov­ing in space. This is an abil­i­ty that is used in dif­fer­ent every­day activ­i­ties such as nav­i­gat­ing in an envi­ron­ment or read­ing a map. Abil­i­ty involved: ego­cen­tric spa­tial trans­for­ma­tions (yes, that is the sci­en­tif­ic expression)…

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