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Five fun brain teasers to thank evolution for our human brains and minds

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To cel­e­brate this quite-chal­leng­ing Thanks­giv­ing, here are five fun brain teasers and games that read­ers have enjoyed the most this year so far. It is always good to learn more about (and appre­ci­ate) that most pre­cious resource we all (yes, all) have up there!

#1. First of all, these days it’s always impor­tant to test your stress level

#2. You say you know the col­ors? Try the Stroop Test

#3. Check out this clas­sic atten­tion experiment

#4. What do you know about men­tal self-rota­tion?

#5. Last but not least, here are ten clas­sic illu­sions to tease your mind.

 

Thank you in advance for try­ing them, enjoy­ing them, and shar­ing them 🙂

 

To explore more brain teasers, games and puzzles:

A few brain teasers to flex those cognitive muscles over the weekend

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Look around you, wher­ev­er you are, and find three green things that may fit in your pock­ets, and three red objects that are clear­ly too big to fit.

Done?

OK, now you have six objects.

Go ahead and say their names in alpha­bet­i­cal order. 

Done?

Now name them in reverse alpha­bet­i­cal order.

Done?

Now count the total num­ber of syl­la­bles in those six words.

Not easy, right? 

All these men­tal oper­a­tions engage your work­ing mem­o­ry — think of work­ing mem­o­ry as your tem­po­rary men­tal work­space where you can hold and inte­grate sev­er­al units of infor­ma­tion at once.

Feel free to prac­tice in dif­fer­ent loca­tions … you can take these brain teasers with you, any­where you go 🙂

To explore more fun brain teaser games and puzzles:

Quick brain teasers to exercise your working memory

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Draw the let­ter J in your mind.

Now draw the let­ter D. Turn it 90 degrees to the left and put it in top of the J.

What does this shape resem­ble? [Read more…] about Quick brain teasers to exer­cise your work­ing memory

Brain Teaser: What shirt size you need?

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You have been invit­ed to a fundrais­ing gala at your old col­lege (via Zoom of course) and decide that this black-tie event demands a super white Ital­ian shirt, like the one you bought years ago for your wedding.

When you find and brave­ly try the wed­ding shirt on (size 16), your wife notices that the col­lar suf­fo­cates you — you DO need about 1/4″ more space every­where in-between your neck and the col­lar all around your neck.

So you’ll need a new shirt.

What size shirt do you need to buy?  [Read more…] about Brain Teas­er: What shirt size you need?

Five quick brain teasers to flex those Attention and Working Memory mental muscles

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Look­ing for some fun cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion to kick­start the week?

Below you’ll find a few brain teasers to chal­lenge your atten­tion and your work­ing mem­ory–the abil­ity to keep infor­ma­tion in your mind while manip­u­lat­ing mul­ti­ple units of infor­ma­tion at the same time.

Give them a try … they are not as easy as they may sound 🙂 [Read more…] about Five quick brain teasers to flex those Atten­tion and Work­ing Mem­o­ry men­tal muscles

Brain teaser to stimulate your mental imagery, spatial rotation … and appetite

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Here’s a fun puz­zle that a friend shared over zoom a few days ago.

Chal­lenge: How can you cut a cake into eight equal pieces with only three cuts?

Note: The cake in the puz­zle is not nec­es­sar­i­ly the one pic­tured above 🙂 Imag­ine your own cake.

Check the answer below only after you’ve tried… [Read more…] about Brain teas­er to stim­u­late your men­tal imagery, spa­tial rota­tion … and appetite

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