Posts Tagged ‘puzzles’
UC study finds near-transfer of cognitive training to be necessary (yet not sufficient) for far-transfer, broader benefits
Who benefits from brain training, and why? (UCI release): If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new puzzles, or more broadly, how well can you focus in school or at work? In the language of psychologists, does “near transfer” predict “far…
Read MoreUpdate: Promote brain plasticity by taking your daily exercise pill — physical and cognitive
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring nine scientific reports and industry developments to help promote lifelong brain health. #1. A must-read, and must-practice: Promote brain plasticity and keep your mind at ease by taking your daily “exercise pill” #2. If cognitive stimulation came in a pill it’d be worth a quadrillion, give or…
Read MoreBrain Teaser: What shirt size you need now?
You have been invited to a fundraising gala and decide that this black-tie event demands an elegant white Italian shirt — just like the one you got years ago for your wedding. When you find and bravely try the wedding shirt (size 16) on, you and your wife notice that the collar suffocates you —…
Read MoreBrain teaser to stimulate your mental imagery, spatial rotation … and appetite
__ Here’s a fun puzzle that a friend shared over zoom a few days ago. Challenge: How can you cut a cake into eight equal pieces with only three cuts? Note: The cake in the puzzle is not necessarily the one pictured above :-) Imagine your own cake. Check the answer below only after you’ve tried…
Read MoreTough brain teasers, with answers, courtesy of NSA employees
—– According to NSA’s Puzzle Periodical, “Intelligence. It’s the ability to think abstractly. Challenge the unknown. Solve the impossible. NSA employees work on some of the world’s most demanding and exhilarating high-tech engineering challenges. Applying complex algorithms and expressing difficult cryptographic problems in terms of mathematics is part of the work NSA employees do every day.”…
Read MoreBrain Fitness Conversations in November: Live Q&A with Book Authors
AARP recently released a list of Top 5 Best Books for Brain Fitness. SharpBrains.com is honored to have published one of those Top 5 books and to present this Live Q&A Series for you to ask questions to the authors of 3 of those best books on brain fitness. Participants will submit written questions, moderators will…
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