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Rectangles or circles? This surprising mind teaser highlights the value of perspective diversity and open conversation

July 13, 2020 by SharpBrains

This sur­pris­ing illu­sion by math­e­mati­cian and artist Kokichi Sug­i­hara, named the 2016 Illu­sion of the Year, high­lights the crit­i­cal impor­tance of per­spec­tive diver­si­ty and open conversation.

Sur­prised? [Read more…] about Rec­tan­gles or cir­cles? This sur­pris­ing mind teas­er high­lights the val­ue of per­spec­tive diver­si­ty and open conversation

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Ambiguous Cylinder, brain teaser for adults, Brain Teasers, brain teasers for kids, brain teasers for teens, brain-teaser, illusion, illusions, Kokichi Sugihara, mind-teaser, rectangles, visual-illusions

Is your brain ready for Monday? Tease your mind with these four optical illusions

June 18, 2018 by Dr. Pascale Michelon

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A great way to learn more about our brains and minds is to look at how we can trick them–that is, to see how we react to brain teasers and visu­al illusions.

Below are four fun opti­cal illu­sions that let us learn­ about our visu­al system…ready?

(answers and expla­na­tions at the bottom)

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[Read more…] about Is your brain ready for Mon­day? Tease your mind with these four opti­cal illusions

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: Brain Teasers, frontal cortex, mind-teasers, occipital lobe, optical-illusions, parietal--lobe, temporal lobe, visual-illusions

Test your brain and mind with these nine classic optical Illusions

June 2, 2017 by Dr. Pascale Michelon

Are the two orange cir­cles of the same size? 

One way to learn more about our brains and minds is to look at how we can trick them–that is, to see how we react to brain teasers and visu­al illusions.

The brain has two hemi­spheres, each divid­ed into four lobes. Each lobe is (large­ly) respon­si­ble for dif­fer­ent func­tions. For instance the frontal cor­tex (in yel­low) is respon­si­ble for deci­sion mak­ing and plan­ning; the tem­po­ral lobe (in pur­ple) for lan­guage and mem­o­ry; the pari­etal lobe (in green) for spa­tial skills, and the occip­i­tal lobe (in red) is entire­ly devot­ed to vision: It is thus the place where visu­al illu­sions hap­pen..

Below are 9 opti­cal illu­sions that com­bine fun and learn­ing about our visu­al sys­tem. We know you know there is a trick since these are illu­sions… but don’t try to be smarter than your brain. Enjoy being surprised!

(You’ll find answers and expla­na­tions at the end of the article)

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[Read more…] about Test your brain and mind with these nine clas­sic opti­cal Illusions

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: Brain Teasers, frontal cortex, mind-teasers, occipital lobe, optical-illusions, parietal--lobe, temporal lobe, visual-illusions

Visual illusions to tease our brains and minds

October 8, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Why Opti­cal Illu­sions Like These Make Your Brain Go Hay­wire (Wired):

“Uni­ver­si­ty of Bris­tol researchers dis­cov­ered this illu­sion in the ear­ly 1970s while look­ing at the tiled wall of a café. Hence the name, Café Wall Illu­sion. The gray lines in between the rows of white and black squares seem to con­verge, but they are actu­al­ly par­al­lel. Your brain, over­whelmed by the intense and close­ly-spaced black-and-white con­trasts, sees the gray lines as part of the tile either above or below it. The lines end up appear­ing high­er on alter­nat­ing sides, cre­at­ing the trape­zoidal illusion.”

More visu­al illu­sions and brain teasers:

  • 12 fun illu­sions at Wired
  • Test your brain with these 10 visu­al illusions
  • A brain teas­er for each cog­ni­tive ability

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: Brain Teasers, brain-teaser, cog­ni­tive ability, optical-illusions, visual-illusions

Tease your mind with visual illusions

May 28, 2014 by SharpBrains


This is one of the Win­ners of the 2014 Best Illu­sion of The Year Con­test. Enjoy!

Expla­na­tion: [Read more…] about Tease your mind with visu­al illusions

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: brain-teaser, Visual-Illusion, visual-illusions

Update: Four Essential Yet Overlooked Facts About Your Brain

December 20, 2013 by Alvaro Fernandez

brainstormingTime for Sharp­Brains’ Decem­ber 2013 e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a vari­ety of resources, brain teasers and arti­cles. Enjoy the reading…and Hap­py Holidays!

Fea­tured resources:

  • Arti­cle: 4 Essen­tial (and Over­looked) Facts About Your Brain and Your Mind (via Cre­ativ­i­ty Post)
  • Video: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age (via New York Pub­lic Library and YouTube)
  • Book dis­count: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness via Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk  (dis­count expires this Sun­day, Decem­ber 22nd!)

Brain teasers:

  • Brain teasers to under­stand and boost cog­ni­tive abilities
  • Test your Brain with these Teasers and Visu­al Illusions

Research and indus­try news:

  • Neu­roe­d­u­ca­tion: Top find­ings to update edu­ca­tion and learning
  • Debunk­ing the left-brain/ right-brain myth
  • Study: Does Mind­ful­ness Med­i­ta­tion train­ing help adults with ADHD?
  • Study: Ques­tion­ing the cog­ni­tive ben­e­fits of music classes
  • Under­stand­ing the impact of con­cus­sions on the brain
  • Roset­ta Stone to buy Viv­i­ty Labs, devel­op­er of Fit Brains brain train­ing games

Please remem­ber that we are host­ing a num­ber of webchats in Jan­u­ary to dis­cuss your impres­sions and ques­tions about  The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age (284 pages; 2013), so we hope you can spend some time read­ing the book over the hol­i­days, and per­haps even dis­cuss it with friends and relatives.

We wish you Hap­py Hol­i­days and a Pros­per­ous 2014!

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, Brain Teasers, cognitive-abilities, concussions, health, meditation, neuroeducation, performance, visual-illusions

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