Alvaro Fernandez
Aug 12th, 2008

Brain Teasers: Spot the Difference

Dr. Pascale Michelon recently shared with our readers which brain areas and cognitive functions are engaged as we solve the type of brain teaser known as Spot the Difference, where we have to find the differences between two versions of one image:

"1) You have to identify the objects that you see: this involves your occipital lobes the brain(in red).

2) You have to analyzed the spatial relationships between the objects that you see: this involves your occipital and parietal lobes (in green).

3) You have to remember what you see in one picture and compare it to what you see in the other picture, that is you have to use your short-term memory: this involves your frontal (in blue) and parietal lobes.

4) You have to mark down the locations where you see a difference: this involves mostly your frontal lobes (for the movement)".

 

Ready! Set! Go!: how many differences can you spot, and which ones?

Brain Teasers: Spot the difference

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56 Responses to “Brain Teasers: Spot the Difference”
  1. # Rubabon 12 Aug 2008 at 8:55

    Strange enough during our cognitive development we learn to differentiated between images and things.. and we are taught to assign them names on basis of our imagination about those images..

  2. # Mikeon 12 Aug 2008 at 9:09

    i see 12.

  3. # Eileenon 12 Aug 2008 at 9:21

    13 differences

  4. # Sadkiddoon 12 Aug 2008 at 9:23

    13 already...

  5. # Sadkiddoon 12 Aug 2008 at 9:26

    Oh! 14!

  6. # Helenon 12 Aug 2008 at 9:36

    I see 15

  7. # Sadkiddoon 12 Aug 2008 at 9:40

    Aaargh! 15 and i STFU
    SPOILER!
    clock - curtain - hair - shirt - banana - cake - cookie - plant - lollypop - sock - dish - tongue - 2 little guys - mountains (paint) - 2 little hearts.

  8. # yourmomon 12 Aug 2008 at 11:33

    actually there are 415 differences. look at the major pixals on the left.

  9. # Donal Murrayon 12 Aug 2008 at 11:34

    16 - look at the clock's pendulum

  10. # Sean Reichleon 12 Aug 2008 at 1:50

    I don't see a difference between the cakes. But both shirt collars are slightly different.

  11. # Donal Murrayon 12 Aug 2008 at 2:17

    Sean - Look at the bottom of the icing

  12. # johnnypandaon 12 Aug 2008 at 5:06

    You can spot all the differences by crossing your eyes and watching both images stereoscopically. Lulz.

  13. # EdibleCompon 12 Aug 2008 at 8:11

    You can also win at monopoly by sneaking extra hundreds. lulz indeed.

  14. # Geniuson 12 Aug 2008 at 8:23

    There is one difference.

    The pot on top of the cabinet looks different.

  15. # TomTrottieron 13 Aug 2008 at 12:24

    The easiest way to solve these is to cross your eyes so you see three images. The central image will have "fluttery" elements where there is a difference. Then it is easy to list them.

  16. # shirl@80 yrson 13 Aug 2008 at 11:00

    16 differences, no squinting, no pixelating

  17. # Mort Brondon 14 Aug 2008 at 3:00

    I found 11.

  18. # Barbara Gon 14 Aug 2008 at 3:42

    I see 21 so far. I'm sending it on to my 9 yr old granddaughter to see if she finds more.

  19. # Alvaroon 14 Aug 2008 at 3:46

    21!! where?

  20. # elaineon 14 Aug 2008 at 5:12

    I found 17,going to ask my 11 yr old how many he see

  21. # Alvaroon 14 Aug 2008 at 5:55

    Fun, an intergenerational teaser!!! let's see what age group gets it right :-)

  22. # spdrsnakeon 14 Aug 2008 at 6:05

    I counted 16 differences: 1. clock hands, 2. clock pendulum, 3. curtain, 4. picture, 5. hair pin on granma, 6. girl's tongue, 7. little people toys, 8. granmas shirt, 9. girl's scok, 10. plate's face, 11. kitty's lollipop, 12. bananas, 13. cookoie tray, 14. fishies on green plant, 15. cake's icing, 16. cupboard knobs

  23. # Marcion 14 Aug 2008 at 6:38

    Time magazine has a series of books with comparison photographs. I use them with my speech/cognitive clients all the time! Photos are easier than cartoon drawings, esp ones like this with color blending, etc.

  24. # karen sorvarion 15 Aug 2008 at 6:15

    I spotted 16. I am 70 going on 71.

  25. # Brendaon 15 Aug 2008 at 7:13

    I see 16, so far.

  26. # KSBon 15 Aug 2008 at 8:38

    I see 15. Same ones as spdrsnake, except I can't see any difference in the pendulum.

  27. # Michael S.on 15 Aug 2008 at 10:18

    I see 14.

  28. # luis a.on 15 Aug 2008 at 12:29

    i see 17

  29. # deeon 15 Aug 2008 at 2:24

    there is nothing different about the pendelum.

  30. # deeon 15 Aug 2008 at 2:35

    i compare 14 different/replaced things

  31. # steveon 16 Aug 2008 at 10:00

    I saw 16, then used an actual stereopticon to check them.

  32. # Suzaneon 16 Aug 2008 at 6:43

    15 differences

  33. # anitaon 17 Aug 2008 at 10:04

    14

  34. # Judithon 18 Aug 2008 at 1:08

    I see 16 !!

  35. # brandonon 21 Aug 2008 at 9:10

    i saw 14

  36. # Denise's Parenting Teens Blogon 04 Sep 2008 at 10:41

    13 in one minute, but I'm not sure if I got one more than once. Very fun and informative post... thanks!

  37. # andreaon 11 Sep 2008 at 3:11

    i see 14

  38. # ladeon 11 Sep 2008 at 4:06

    15!

  39. # Sakshi jainon 16 Sep 2008 at 1:10

    i found 11

  40. # Sakshi jainon 16 Sep 2008 at 1:10

    i found 10

  41. # manojon 16 Sep 2008 at 2:54

    I have seen 15 differences

  42. # Julieon 21 Sep 2008 at 9:14

    14! but i'm going to keep looking!

  43. # hideson 28 Sep 2008 at 4:13

    i saw 14

  44. # agon 11 Oct 2008 at 1:45

    Curtain (top ruffle)
    Clock (time is different)
    Green Picture (different mtn. shape)
    Different shape knobs on cupboard (round/heart shaped)
    Two little boy ornaments in cupboard
    Blue bowl is replaced with two little boy ornaments
    White plate has a smiley face
    Cat is holding a lollipop
    Cat is holding a spoon
    Fish is missing on top of green icing
    Different shaped cookie
    Banana missing
    Icing on bottom of cake is different
    Hair pin missing on woman
    Collar is different on woman
    Sock is missing on child
    Tongue on child is out
    Green line to the left of the drawing is different width

  45. # Lambodar Prasad Dashon 19 Oct 2008 at 10:30

    14 diffrences between these two pictures.

  46. # deezyon 23 Oct 2008 at 11:19

    thas crazy when you cross your eyes you really do see all the differences...i seen three more when i crossed my eyes and got the thitrd picture in there.

  47. # Junior :)on 05 Nov 2008 at 5:48

    i found 20 :) my age is 14 lol

  48. # seriouson 19 Nov 2008 at 2:26

    Wheres your twenty. Some only count as one difference!!

  49. # Andreaon 23 Nov 2008 at 7:27

    There is a difference in the pendelum

  50. # Nathalieon 25 Nov 2008 at 5:45

    15!!

  51. # kiranon 28 Nov 2008 at 7:50

    i found 11 differences

  52. # Seyranon 02 Dec 2008 at 9:11

    13!

  53. # KAREAon 05 Dec 2008 at 11:36

    13

  54. # noorion 13 Dec 2008 at 10:43

    17!

  55. # technogalon 18 Dec 2008 at 5:37

    I see 12!

  56. # Joe Con 08 Jan 2009 at 5:55

    I think you can debate what is actually a difference or maybe just a fainter bit of colour as each one does not have everything perfectly identical...

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