Posts Tagged ‘math’
Brain teaser: Will you finish your thesis on time?
Imagine spending the summer polishing your PhD thesis in the library. Every day you take the subway, a train going up North to the university. One day you realize that the trains going South can bring you to the beach. Nothing is wrong with some leisure. You calculate that if you spend half of the…
Read MoreMath brain teaser requiring no math — just perception and cognition
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes made many great scientific discoveries throughout his life. He explained why and how bodies float in the water, designed mirror arrays capable of focusing sun rays and setting enemy ships on fire, found the way of approximating the number of grains of sand that will fit inside…
Read MoreMeta-analysis finds value in teaching the science of neuroplasticity, especially for math achievement among at-risk students
___ The ‘Brain’ in Growth Mindset: Does Teaching Students Neuroscience Help? (Education Week): “Teaching students the science of how their brains change over time can help them see intelligence as something they can develop, rather than innate and unchangeable, finds a new analysis of 10 separate studies online in the journal Trends in Neuroscience and Education.…
Read MoreStudy suggests the real deficit underlying Attention Deficit Disorders is not Attention, but Working Memory
______________________________ Many parents have observed that their child with ADHD stays attentive and engaged during ‘high interest’ activities, e.g., while playing video games, but has considerable problems staying focused on less inherently engaging tasks, e.g., doing schoolwork. This discrepancy in attention during preferred and non-preferred activities has led some to
Read MoreHard brain teaser to challenge your pattern recognition
Here’s a quick but hard brain teaser to challenge your ability to find a pattern. In the table below, each row across follows the same pattern. See if you can discern the pattern and fill in the missing number in the bottom row. For added challenge, time how long it takes you to complete the puzzle. Then, pass it…
Read MoreUnder new CEO, Lumosity to expand brain training platform with focus on applied skills and broader social, wellness factors
Lumosity’s Stumble Reveals How We Think About Thinking (BuzzFeed News): “The ads were pervasive, popping up on CNN, Fox News, NPR, and Google searches. And they were persuasive: Playing Lumosity games would do your brain good…But these claims sounded a little too rosy to the Federal Trade Commission, which
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