A few brain teasers to flex those cognitive muscles over the weekend

Look around you, wher­ev­er you are, and find three green things that may fit in your pock­ets, and three red objects that are clear­ly too big to fit. Done? OK, now you have six objects. Go ahead and say their names in alpha­bet­i­cal order.  Done? Now name them in reverse alpha­bet­i­cal order. Done? Now count the total number…

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Fun optical illusion to tease your mind

????????RT pic.twitter.com/WBoG7rAD2f — ?????? (@jagarikin) July 24, 2020 The text above, in Japan­ese, says: “If it appears to rotate, RT” :-) You can quick­ly notice how the dots do not move at all … and how the effect takes place. More fun illu­sions and brain teasers: What do you see first, peo­ple or oth­er ani­mals? Tease your…

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Five quick brain teasers to flex those Attention and Working Memory mental muscles

. Look­ing for some fun cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion to kick­start the week? Below you’ll find a few brain teasers to chal­lenge your atten­tion and your work­ing mem­ory–the abil­ity to keep infor­ma­tion in your mind while manip­u­lat­ing mul­ti­ple units of infor­ma­tion at the same time. Give them a try … they are not as easy as they may sound :-)

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