Posts Tagged ‘brain puzzles for adults’
Fun brain teaser to test your cognitive skills during International Brain Teaser Month
Memory relies mostly on the temporal lobes (see green area) and also the frontal lobes (red), so those are the areas that will get some good neuronal activation when readers raised in the US try to remember the missing words in the American proverbs below. Now, if you were raised outside the US and are…
Read MoreBrain Teaser: What shirt size you need now?
You have been invited to a fundraising gala and decide that this black-tie event demands an elegant white Italian shirt — just like the one you got years ago for your wedding. When you find and bravely try the wedding shirt (size 16) on, you and your wife notice that the collar suffocates you —…
Read MoreTrain your brain to think outside the box with these fun riddles
Q: What do our thought processes have in common with walking through the jungle? A: We only make real progress after acknowledging going in circles. Q: What is the worst kind of echo?
Read MoreQuick brain teaser to workout your frontal lobes: Can you read this face?
___ Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, in discussing the human brain’s frontal lobes in his excellent book The Wisdom Paradox, highlights that “executive intelligence” includes the ability to “penetrate other people’s minds, and that starts with an interest in other people’s minds.” And, what is a good window to “penetrate other people’s minds” and identify other people’s…
Read More12 quick brain puzzles to welcome a sharp new year
___ Q: What is by far the most outstanding and surprising of all humankind’s successes? A: Waking up in the morning. Q: Of our many tools, which is one of the most powerful, and yet the most pliable? A: Statistics. Q: Who insists that mindless obedience is a sign of intelligence? A: All of us…
Read MoreTest your memory and reasoning skills with these proverbs
Memory relies mostly on temporal (green area) and frontal (in red) areas of the brain. These are the areas where many neurons will get stimulated when you (assuming you are American or have lived in the US for long) try to remember the missing words in the American proverbs below. However when it comes to…
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