Posts by Dr. Pascale Michelon
Does perception equal reality? Try this quick optical illusion…
. At first glance, you probably see the nice landscape. Those branches and trees, the water, that couple at the bottom right. Now, can you also see the baby? Tricky, isn’t it?! The image above contains some ambiguous contours, creating the effect known as a subjective or illusory contour. The contour of the baby is created by the…
Read MoreTest your concentration and mental self-rotation skills with this quick brainteaser
What is mental self-rotation? It is the cognitive skill to imagine yourself in different locations in space and to imagine yourself moving accordingly. We need that skill in everyday activities such as reading a map or finding our car in the parking lot.
Read MoreBrain teaser to test your multi-tasking skills and improve concentration
How often do you review and comment on a document while talking on the phone with a colleague about an unrelated matter? Or think about your problems at work while helping your child with his homework?
Read MoreBrain fitness tips to improve concentration and memory
. Concentration–or attention– and memory are two crucial mental skills and are directly related. In fact, many memory complaints have nothing to do with the actual ability to remember things: They come from a failure to focus properly on the task at hand. For example, when you don’t remember where you parked your car
Read MoreBrain teaser to test your attentional focus and multi-tasking abilities
How often do you review and comment on a document while talking on the phone with a colleague about an unrelated matter? Or think about your problems at work while helping your child with his homework?
Read MoreBrain teaser to exercise your mental rotation cognitive abilities
Mental self-rotation is the cognitive ability to imagine yourself in different locations in space, and to imagine your body moving in space. We need it for everyday activities such as finding a place or reading a map. The ability involved is technically called egocentric spatial transformations (yes, that is the scientific expression) or mental self rotation, and the brain…
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