Brain teasers for teens and adults to test and train cognitive skills

Mind games that can sharp­en the brain (Mia­mi Herald):

“A great resource for find­ing “mind games,” or what’s pop­u­lar­ly know as “brain train­ing,” is the web­site of Sharp­Brains, a com­pa­ny that tracks health and well­ness appli­ca­tions of brain sci­ence. Its founder and CEO, Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, writes in his blog that, “Any­thing we do involv­ing nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge stim­u­lates the brain and can con­tribute to build­ing capac­i­ty and brain reserve.”

Fer­nan­dez advis­es choos­ing a game “that exer­cis­es a core brain-based capac­i­ty … that is rel­e­vant to real-life out­comes.” For exam­ple, in his list of the “ Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games” that his read­ers have enjoyed the most is a set of five exer­cis­es that are intend­ed to improve one’s abil­i­ty to keep infor­ma­tion cur­rent for a short peri­od while using the information.”

We could­n’t agree more with every­thing the Mia­mi Her­ald says…if you want to test and train your cog­ni­tive skills a bit, you will enjoy our resource a brain teas­er for each cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty.