Quick brain teasers to train your attention and working memory

— Here you have a few fun men­tal exer­cis­es to train your atten­tion and work­ing mem­o­ry (the capac­i­ty to hold mul­ti­ple pieces of infor­ma­tion in the mind, and to use them real-time). Giv­en them a try today and over the weekend…they are not as easy as they may sound! Say the days of the week back­wards, then in alphabetical…

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Update: Test your stress level with this fun brain teaser

— Time for Sharp­Brains’ July 2014 e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of thought-pro­­vok­ing insights, sci­ence reports…and this fun brain teas­er to deter­mine your stress lev­el. New think­ing: Why “dis­or­ders of the brain” deserve at least equal atten­tion as car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases and can­cer Pre­lim­i­nary Agen­da of the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th) Debunk­ing Myers-Brig­gs per­son­al­i­ty test How to remember…

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