Brain Fitness News and Events

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 12, 2008

Quick links to excel­lent resources: 1) FEA­­TURE-Brain fit­ness seen as hot indus­try of the future (Reuters) 2) Learn­ing & the Brain Con­fer­ence for Edu­ca­tors and Clin­i­cians. April 26–29, 2008. Cam­bridge, MA 3) Brain Health Across the Lifes­pan Sem­i­nar for Health & Aging Pro­fes­sion­als. May 15th, 2008. San Fran­cis­co, CA For more info, 

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Brain Teaser for the Frontal Lobes: Tipping the Scales

By Caroline Latham | June 15, 2007 |

Wes Car­roll found this one in the Men­sa pub­li­ca­tion Num­ber Puz­zles for Math Genius­es by Harold Gale.Tipping the Scales.Question:The top two scales are in per­fect balance.How many dia­monds will be need­ed to bal­ance the bot­tom set?This puz­zle works your exec­u­tive func­tions in your frontal lobes by using your pat­tern recog­ni­tion, hypoth­e­sis test­ing, and logic.Click here to get the Answer.

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