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Brain teasers en español: ¿cuál es el número que falta en el cuarto triángulo?

June 4, 2021 by Caroline Latham

(Same brain teas­er in Eng­lish here)

Es viernes y quizás algunos nece­site­mos un pequeño empu­jón cog­ni­ti­vo para abor­dar el fin de semana…

Aquí va un breve desafío matemáti­co: ¿Qué número que fal­ta en el cuar­to triángulo?

Pattern Recognition Test - Empty Triangle

Avi­so a tod@s esos sharp brains: Sí, puede haber más de una respues­ta … pero asegúrate de que tu solu­ción fun­ciona bien en todos los triángulos!
[Read more…] about Brain teasers en español: ¿cuál es el número que fal­ta en el cuar­to triángulo?

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, En Español Tagged With: acertijos, brain teaser for adults, Brain Teasers, brain teasers for kids, brain teasers for teens, brain-teaser, cognitivo, desafío matemático, ejercicio cognitivo, triángulo

Rectangles or circles? This surprising mind teaser highlights the value of perspective diversity and open conversation

July 13, 2020 by SharpBrains

This sur­pris­ing illu­sion by math­e­mati­cian and artist Kokichi Sug­i­hara, named the 2016 Illu­sion of the Year, high­lights the crit­i­cal impor­tance of per­spec­tive diver­si­ty and open conversation.

Sur­prised? [Read more…] about Rec­tan­gles or cir­cles? This sur­pris­ing mind teas­er high­lights the val­ue of per­spec­tive diver­si­ty and open conversation

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Ambiguous Cylinder, brain teaser for adults, Brain Teasers, brain teasers for kids, brain teasers for teens, brain-teaser, illusion, illusions, Kokichi Sugihara, mind-teaser, rectangles, visual-illusions

Brain training and brain teasers are part of Novelty, Variety, Challenge

June 5, 2013 by SharpBrains

brainsBrain fit­ness can include play­ing train­ing games on com­put­ers (Los Ange­les Times):

“…Today, the term “fit­ness” is as like­ly to encom­pass the body as it is the mind…Fernandez says that the key com­po­nents of any brain-train­ing pro­gram are nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge — fac­tors that [Read more…] about Brain train­ing and brain teasers are part of Nov­el­ty, Vari­ety, Challenge

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Brain Teasers, brain teasers for adults, brain teasers for kids, Brain-Training, computerized brain training, fitness, meditation

Brain Teasers and Games, for Kids and Adults

January 16, 2012 by SharpBrains

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
  • August 2011: Test your atten­tional focus: is mul­ti-task­ing good

You can find many more brain teasers and games, for kids and adults, by vis­it­ing the Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games that our read­ers have enjoyed the most. Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: Brain Teasers, brain teasers for adults, brain teasers for kids, brain teasers with answers, Brain-games, cognitive-ability, math brain teasers, minds, multi-tasking, optical-illusions

Brain Games and Optical Illusions @ National Geographic

October 25, 2011 by SharpBrains

optical illusion gamesSev­er­al 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 teas­er library:
- The Muller-Lyer Illu­sion.
— Don’t try this with your part­ner, or you may fight.
— How many col­ors do you see in The Her­mann Grid?
— This is less obvi­ous than it may appear.
— Is this a cir­cle or what?
— Are these 2 rows par­al­lel?
— What do you see?

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: attention, brain teaser library, Brain Teasers, brain teasers for adults, brain teasers for kids, Brain-games, brain-teaser, Hermann Grid, memory, National Geographic, optical-illusions, perception, Visual-Illusion

17. Exercise your visual brain with this optical illusion

October 7, 2006 by Alvaro Fernandez

checker shadow brain teaser

Which square (A or B) is darker?

 

Click HERE to dis­cov­er the answer and explore a sur­pris­ing phenomenon.

 

Next brain teas­er in Sharp­Brains’ top 25 series:

  • #18. How many…

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: brain puzzles for adults, Brain Teasers, brain teasers for adults, brain teasers for kids, Brain-exercises, Brain-games, Mind-Games, Visual-Illusion

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