Five brain teasers to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2021

By SharpBrains | March 16, 2021

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: Where’s the baby? And a cou­ple oth­er sur­pris­ing illu­sions Please com­plete these proverbs to exer­cise your brain in familiar…

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Fun optical illusion to tease your mind

By SharpBrains | July 31, 2020

????????RT pic.twitter.com/WBoG7rAD2f — ?????? (@jagarikin) July 24, 2020 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: What do you see first, peo­ple or oth­er ani­mals? Tease your…

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

By SharpBrains | May 26, 2016 |

———- 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: For a good night’s rest,…

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Top 10 Brain Teaser Games of 2015 For Teens and Adults

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 12, 2016

These 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:…

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