Brain-games

Brain teaser: Will you finish your thesis on time?

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Imag­ine spend­ing the sum­mer pol­ish­ing your PhD the­sis in the library. Every day you take the sub­way, a train going up North to the university.

One day you real­ize that the trains going South can bring you to the beach. Noth­ing is wrong with some leisure. You cal­cu­late that if you spend half of the remain­ing sum­mer vaca­tion in the library that should be enough to fin­ish the the­sis. To spice up the sum­mer, [Read more…] about Brain teas­er: Will you fin­ish your the­sis on time?

Quick brain teaser: Which train is going the wrong way?

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In the image above –cour­tesy of Heathrow Express– you can see 27 trains on the tracks.

Quick. Can you spot the  outlier?

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Can trained older brains outperform untrained younger ones at demanding cognitive tasks? Quick answer: YES

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Online brain games can extend in-game ‘cog­ni­tive youth’ into old age (Sci­ence News):

“A Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Irvine-led study has found that online brain game exer­cis­es can enable peo­ple in their 70s and even 80s to mul­ti­task cog­ni­tive­ly as well as indi­vid­u­als 50 years their junior. This is an increas­ing­ly valu­able skill, giv­en today’s dai­ly infor­ma­tion onslaught, which can divide atten­tion and be par­tic­u­lar­ly tax­ing for old­er adults [Read more…] about Can trained old­er brains out­per­form untrained younger ones at demand­ing cog­ni­tive tasks? Quick answer: YES

Next week is Brain Awareness Week!

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We’re get­ting ready to cel­e­brate our amaz­ing human brains and minds next week. Please join us and many oth­ers around the globe!

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.

When: March 11–17th, 2019

Learn more HERE about the many resources and activ­i­ties avail­able. And here you have some arti­cles we believe you’ll enjoy read­ing and sharing: 

 

Fun brain teasers for kids and adults: Which train is going the “wrong” way? And, where is that bus going?

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In the image above, cour­tesy of Heathrow Express. you can see 27 trains on the tracks.

Quick — can you spot the  outlier?

(Not nec­es­sar­i­ly “wrong”, just dif­fer­ent from all oth­er trains) [Read more…] about Fun brain teasers for kids and adults: Which train is going the “wrong” way? And, where is that bus going?

Challenge your mind with this logic brain teaser: Which direction is the bus going?

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Can you see the bus above?

Assum­ing it is mov­ing for­ward, in which direc­tion do you think it’s trav­el­ing, right or left?

Please try answer­ing on your own before check­ing below… [Read more…] about Chal­lenge your mind with this log­ic brain teas­er: Which direc­tion is the bus going?