Brain and Mind Fitness News

As we announced, we have a new website and a new Brain Teasers section over there, so please visit us at http://www.sharpbrains.com

Some examples of recent games and teasers:

- June 2008: Spot the Difference for a frontal/ occipital/ parietal workout

- May 2008. Word game: stimulate your temporal lobe.

- April 2008. Your Haiku, Please?: please, a haiku in honor of brain research.

- April 2008. Attention Challenge: more than may meet the eye.

- March 2008. Boost your visuospatial skills: ready for some mental rotations?.

- March 2008. Making Ends Meet: what about a quick teaser?.

- February 2008. Words in your brain: do you know where words are “stored” in your brain?.

- January 2008. Monkeys and Brain Games: is your memory better than a chimp’s?.

- January 2008. Brain Exercises for the Weekend: a few challenges to train attention and working memory.

- December 2007. Fun interactive game: Traveler IQ Challenge. Note that at the bottom of the page you can select a variety of challenges (flags of the world, UNESCO sites, North America…).

Please remember to visit us at http://www.sharpbrains.com!

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It is always good to stimulate our minds and to learn a bit about how our brain works. Here you have a selection of the 50 Brain Teasers and Games that people have enjoyed the most in our brain fitness blog and speaking engagements.                  

Fun experiments on how our brains work

1. Do you think you know the colors?: try the Stroop Test.

2. Can you count?: Basketball attention experiment (Interactive).

3. Who is this?: A very important little guy (Interactive).

4. How is this possible?.

5. Take the Senses Challenge (Interactive). Read the rest of this entry »

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