Ten resources, brain teasers and illusions to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2023

We invite you to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week (March 13–19th, 2023) by learn­ing more about that key yet often-over­looked organ and by putting it to good use via some fun brain teasers and illusions :-)

1. Can you con­nect these pairs of words?
2. Try these quick teasers to chal­lenge your work­ing memory
3. Three clas­sic opti­cal illu­sions, explained
4. Test your cog­ni­tive skills with these proverbs
5. Math teas­er: Will you fin­ish your the­sis on time?
6. What do you see? And, can you unsee it?
7. Study exam­ines com­mon cog­ni­tive bias­es such as this one and ways to mit­i­gate them

About Brain Awareness Week:

Every March, Brain Aware­ness Week (BAW) unites the efforts of part­ner orga­ni­za­tions world­wide in a cel­e­bra­tion of the brain for peo­ple of all ages. Activ­i­ties are lim­it­ed only by the orga­niz­ers’ imag­i­na­tions and include open days at neu­ro­science labs; exhi­bi­tions about the brain; lec­tures on brain-relat­ed top­ics; social media cam­paigns; dis­plays at libraries and com­mu­ni­ty cen­ters; class­room work­shops; and more. This year BAW takes place March 13–19th, 2023.

1. Vis­it the Cal­en­dar of Events Here
2. Try many games, rid­dles, and puz­zles Here
3. Explore use­ful fact­sheets Here