Posts Tagged ‘mind-teaser’
Brain teaser to test your cognitive abilities…and biases
— Please consider Linda, a 31-year-old woman, single and bright. When she was a student, in high school and in college too, she was deeply involved in social justice issues, and also participated in environmental protests. Which is more probable about Linda’s occupation today?
Read MoreBrain teaser game to stimulate your temporal lobes
Here is a brain exercise whose aim is to stimulate the connections or associations between words in your temporal lobe.
Read MoreBrain Health Newsletter, March Edition
We have had another busy month behind us, and we’re looking forward to Brain Awareness Week March 12–18. Keep reading for the details (including a special offer in honor of Brain Awareness Week) … I. Press Coverage II. Events III. Program Reviews IV. New Offerings V. Website and Blog Summary. Set your DVRs – SharpBrains is coming to the small screen! Our television debut will be on CBS 13 West Sacramento’s “Good Day Sacramento†on Monday, March 12. La Opinion, the most prestigious Spanish-language paper in the US, featured SharpBrains in a recent article “Secreto para triunfar en los exámenes†(Secrets to Triumphing in Exams). Another great international publication was an article called “Training the Brain as Possible as Training the Body†in the prominent Arabic newspaper Annahar. And Mark Muckenfuss of The Press-Enterprise in Riverside writes in “Train Your Brain”: “I would tend to believe that still we underestimate the brain,” says Fernandez, whose background is in educational training and marketing. He notes that recent studies have shown when a brain is injured by a stroke, “those mental structures recreate themselves (with exercise). It means to me there are a lot of things we could really do and many times we are not aware of them. We cannot promise to people you will only keep getting better until you are 200 years old. But I think people still underestimate how flexible the brain really is.”
Read More#1. The Stroop Test: Great brain teaser to challenge your mental vitality and flexibility
The Stroop test is used in neuropsychological evaluations to measure mental vitality and flexibility, since performing well requires strong attention and self-regulation capability.
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