brain teasers for kids

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

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

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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

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

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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

Brain Teasers and Games, for Kids and Adults

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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.

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!

Brain Games and Optical Illusions @ National Geographic

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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?

17. Exercise your visual brain with this optical illusion

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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: