Update: Addressing unproductive thoughts and emotional and cognitive overload in the AI era

By SharpBrains | August 19, 2024 |

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of resources, views and tips to empow­er our minds, get past pro­cras­ti­na­tion, nav­i­gate cog­ni­tive enhancers, and more. #1. Let’s get past pro­cras­ti­na­tion by address­ing emo­tion­al and cog­ni­tive over­load #2. Five tech­niques to self-reg­u­late intru­sive, unpro­duc­tive thoughts #3. Pros and Cons of using four nootropics–caffeine,…

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Brain teaser to test your pattern recognition: Fill the void

By Caroline Latham | September 6, 2019

Here’s a quick brain teas­er pro­vid­ed by puz­zle mas­ter Wes Car­roll. Which num­ber should be placed in the emp­ty tri­an­gle, and why? This brain teas­er helps you work out your exec­u­tive functions–supported by your frontal lobes– such as pat­tern recog­ni­tion, hypoth­e­sis test­ing, and log­ic. Let us know below how you do and whether you have alter­na­tive answers…

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Brain teaser to challenge your frontal lobes

By Caroline Latham | January 19, 2017

Here is a fun brain teas­er from puz­zle mas­ter Wes Car­roll. Tip­ping the Scales Ques­tion: The top two scales in the image at the right are in per­fect bal­ance. How many dia­monds will be need­ed to bal­ance the bot­tom set? This puz­zle helps you work out your exec­u­tive func­tions –sup­port­ed in the frontal lobes— by using your…

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On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | August 18, 2008 |

Where does our “Feel­ing of Know­ing” come from? Have you ever felt cer­tain that you knew an answer even though you could­n’t think of it right off? Where does that “feel­ing of know­ing” come from? The answer to this ques­tion is the focus of neu­rol­o­gist Robert Bur­ton’s new book On Being Cer­tain: Believ­ing You Are…

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