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Five brain teasers to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2021

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Brain Aware­ness Week 2021 just start­ed. Let’s cel­e­brate by chal­leng­ing our minds with a few fun brain teasers and illusions 🙂

Here’s a selec­tion of five stim­u­lat­ing brain teasers that read­ers enjoyed the most so far in 2021:

  1. Where’s the baby? And a cou­ple oth­er sur­pris­ing illusions
  2. Please com­plete these proverbs to exer­cise your brain in famil­iar and nov­el ways
  3. Can you con­nect these pairs of words?
  4. Ready to test your stress level?
  5. Which way is the bus head­ing?

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 takes place March 15–21st, 2021.

Fun optical illusion to tease your mind

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The text above, in Japan­ese, says: “If it appears to rotate, RT” 🙂

You can quick­ly notice how the dots do not move at all … and how the effect takes place.

More fun illusions and brain teasers:

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

Update: To improve sleep, combine general sleep hygiene with mindful and cognitive techniques

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sleep———-

Had a good night’s sleep? 

We hope you did, so you can ful­ly enjoy all the fas­ci­nat­ing arti­cles and brain teasers in the new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter…includ­ing excel­lent advice on how to com­bine gen­er­al sleep hygiene with mind­ful and cog­ni­tive tech­niques, and a book giveaway. 

Hap­py reading!

New thinking:

New research:

New tools:

Books and other educational resources:

Finally, some fun Brain teasers:

 

Have a great month of June!

The Sharp­Brains Team

Top 10 Brain Teaser Games of 2015 For Teens and Adults

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brain teasers cognitive stimulationThese are the 10 brain teasers, games & illu­sions that Sharp­Brains read­ers (pri­mar­i­ly adults, but some younger minds too) enjoyed the most in 2015. It is always good to learn more about our brains and to chal­lenge them!

#1. You think you know the col­ors? Try the Stroop Test

#2. Check out this brief atten­tion experiment

#3. Test your stress level

#4. Guess: Are there more con­nec­tions in one human brain or leaves in the whole Amazon?

#5. Quick brain teasers to flex two key men­tal muscles

#6. Count the Fs in this sentence

#7. Can you iden­tify Apple’s logo?

#8. Ten clas­sic opti­cal illu­sions to trick your mind

#9. What do you see?

#10. Fun Men­tal Rota­tion challenge

If you have time for more, check out these Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games and Illu­sions.

We hope you try them, enjoy them, and share them 🙂

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez & the Sharp­Brains Team

Top Ten Brain Teasers and Games for Kids and Adults alike

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Over the last Hourglass four years we have post­ed over 100 puz­zles, teasers, rid­dles, illu­sions, and every form of men­tal exer­cise that both chal­lenges and enlight­ens our minds.

Below you have a selec­tion of the ten most pop­u­lar ones among Sharp­Brains read­ers. Enjoy! [Read more…] about Top Ten Brain Teasers and Games for Kids and Adults alike