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Quick brain teaser: What do you see? And, can you unsee it?

September 23, 2021 by SharpBrains

Please describe what you see up there.

What about below, as the full scene appears? [Read more…] about Quick brain teas­er: What do you see? And, can you unsee it?

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

November 25, 2020 by Caroline Latham

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:

  • Five quick brain teasers to flex those men­tal muscles
  • Train your brain to think out­side the box with these fun riddles
  • 25 fun Brain Teasers and Puz­zles for teens and adults of any age
  • What are cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties and how to boost them?

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

November 6, 2020 by Caroline Latham

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:

  • Train your brain to think out­side the box with these fun riddles
  • 25 fun Brain Teasers and Puz­zles for teens and  adults of any age
  • What are cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties and how to boost them?

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

April 27, 2020 by Caroline Latham

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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.

Giv­en 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

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Tease your brain with these eight fun riddles

April 2, 2020 by Keith Perreur-Lloyd

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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 more…] about Tease your brain with these eight fun riddles

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Seven fun brain teasers to honor our unique Brains and Minds during Brain Awareness Week 2020

March 13, 2020 by SharpBrains

Let’s cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week next week, March 16–22nd, by chal­leng­ing our minds safe­ly at home or at a san­i­tized office with one brain teas­er per day or, why not, try­ing them all at once 🙂

Here’s a selec­tion of sev­en fun brain teasers, puz­zles & games that Sharp­Brains read­ers (pri­mar­i­ly adults, but younger minds too) have enjoyed the most since 2010.

 

Ready. Set. Go!

On Monday, #1:

Test your stress lev­el and see if you’re in the right men­tal state for the busy week. And here are some tips to han­dle stress bet­ter if you need to after tak­ing the test …

On Tuesday, #2:

Tell us, which way is the bus head­ing?

On Wednesday, #3:

Explore your per­cep­tu­al biases

On Thursday, #4:

Think out­side the box with a few fun riddles

On Friday, #5:

Please con­sid­er Lin­da’s job prospects

On Saturday, #6:

Com­plete these proverbs and exer­cise your mem­o­ry and reasoning

On Sunday, #7:

Hmm. Where do words go?

 

Stay Healthy, Mind­ful and Vig­i­lant until this health cri­sis is over, please.

 

About Brain Awareness Week:

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.

This year BAW will take place March 16–22th, 2020.

To explore more fun brain teasers and puzzle games:

  • Cel­e­brate Hal­loween with nine great riddles
  • 25 fun Brain Teasers and Puz­zles for teens and  adults of any age
  • What are cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties and how to boost them?

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