Posts by Caroline Latham
Keep Your Brain Nimble as You Age and Brain Fitness Events
Some good links today: 1) Keep Your Brain Nimble as You Age MSNBC — May 13, 2007 “If using your computer as a mental gym sounds good to you, SharpBrains.com’s Fernandez suggests asking a few questions first to determine a product’s…” 2) Great blog by Stanford Business School’s Jackson library, including an announcement of an upcoming lecture there…
Read MoreMath Brain Teaser: Concentric Shapes or The Unkindest Cut of All, Part 2 of 2
If you missed Part 1, also written by puzzle master Wes Carroll, you can start there and then come back here to Part 2. Concentric Shapes: The Unkindest Cut of All, Part 2 of 2.Difficulty: HARDER Type: MATH (Spatial)Question:Imagine a square within a circle within a square.The circle just grazes each square at exactly four points.Find the ratio of the area of the larger square to the smaller.In this puzzle you are working out many of the same skills as in Part I: spatial visualization (occipital lobes), memory (temporal lobes), logic (frontal lobes), planning (frontal lobes), and hypothesis generation (frontal lobes).Click to read the Solution and Explanation.
Read MoreTake the Senses Challenge
Take the fun link to a series of 20 timed puzzles put together by the BBC. Another brain teaser.
Read MoreLifelong Learning and Brain Health Event in San Francisco on May 16
If you are in the Bay Area, we hope to see you at this event! Feel free to forward the invitation below to anyone you know who may be interested. The growing movement for improving brain health has brought many interested professionals and interested community members to the table. Sharing our information, activities, and planned…
Read MoreMath Brain Teaser: The Unkindest Cut of All, Part 1 of 2
Here is another mathematical puzzle from puzzle master Wes Carroll … The Unkindest Cut Of All, Part 1 of 2.Difficulty: HARD.Type: MATH (Spatial).Question:The area of a square is equal to the square of the length of one side.So, for example, a square with side length 3 has area (3^2), or 9. What is the area of a square whose diagonal is length 5?
Read MoreBrain Fitness Training for Trainers
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI) at San Francisco State University and University of California, Berkeley, and SharpBrains offer this three-day workshop for educators and brain fitness practitioners seeking instructional certification in the SharpBrains course, Exercising Our Brains. SharpBrains (www.sharpbrains.com) has introduced the first science-based brain fitness center with information and programs to help people of all ages exercise their brains. They have offered the popular Exercising Our Brains course at SF State’s OLLI since October 2005.
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