Posts Tagged ‘brain-teaser-games’
Tease your brain with these eight fun riddles
__ Q: My first thought after congratulating myself on being so clever about something? A: “How can I have been so dumb about that for so long!” Q: Who is harder to forgive than anyone, for truly dumb behaviour? A:
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 MoreThree quick brain teaser games to test your perceptual and cognitive skills
An always delightful way to learn more about our brains and minds is to experience so-called optical illusions and to see how we react to them. Below you have three fun ones to tease, and probably even puzzle, you mind. Ready, set, go! 1. Where is that couple’s baby?
Read MoreBrain teaser: Will you finish your thesis on time?
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…
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…
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