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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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?
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 🙂
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 🙂
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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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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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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.
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 …
Tell us, which way is the bus heading?
Explore your perceptual biases
Think outside the box with a few fun riddles
Please consider Linda’s job prospects
Complete these proverbs and exercise your memory and reasoning
Hmm. Where do words go?
Stay Healthy, Mindful and Vigilant until this health crisis is over, please.
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.