Brain Teasers and Games, for Kids and Adults

In case you missed them, here you have a few recent brain teasers and games. t is always good to stim­u­late our minds and to learn a bit about how our brains work. Novem­ber 2011: Math Brain Teas­er: Unfin­ished The­sis Octo­ber 2011: Archimedes Grave Octo­ber 2011: Opti­cal Illu­sions @ Nation­al Geo­graph­ic Sep­tem­ber 2011: A Brain Teas­er for each Cog­ni­tive Ability…

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Brain Games and Optical Illusions @ National Geographic

Sev­er­al Sharp­Brains friends rec­om­mend the recent 3‑part Nation­al Geo­graph­ic TV mini-series Brain Games focused on Per­cep­tion, Atten­tion and Mem­o­ry. You can learn about the series and exper­i­ment a good num­ber of visu­al illu­sions Here. You may also enjoy this arti­cle on Visu­al Illu­sions in Art and Sci­ence, and these clas­sic illu­sions from our own brain…

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