Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games

Posted By Alvaro Fernandez On May 26, 2008 @ 2:12 In | 5 Comments

Our Top 50 Selec­tion:

- Fun exper­i­ments on how our brains work -

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

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

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

4. Take the Senses Chal­lenge ^[4] (Interactive).

5. Are there more brain con­nec­tions or leaves in the Ama­zon? ^[5].

6. How is this pos­si­ble? ^[6].

- Atten­tion -

7. How are your divided atten­tion skills? check out “Inside and Out­side” ^[7].

8. Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? try “Two in One” ^[8].

9. Count the Fs in this sen­tence ^[9].

10. Mon­keys and Brain Games ^[10]: is your atten­tion bet­ter than a chimp’s?.

- Mem­ory -

11. Brain Exer­cises for the Week­end ^[11]: a few chal­lenges to train atten­tion and work­ing memory.

12. Proud of your visual short-term mem­ory? Give a try at “Picasso” ^[12].

- Pat­tern recog­ni­tion and planning -

13. Plan­ning is not that easy: Tow­ers of Hanoi ^[13] (Interactive).

14. What’s the miss­ing num­ber: Pat­tern Recog­ni­tion Brain Teaser ^[14].

15. Brain Puz­zle for the Whole Brain: The Blind Beg­gar ^[15].

16. Find the miss­ing num­ber in The Empty Tri­an­gle ^[16].

17. What about Tip­ping the Scales ^[17].

18. Don’t be mis­led by this brain work­out ^[18].

19. Please find the miss­ing num­ber here ^[14].

- Visual workouts -

20. Test the lim­its of your periph­eral vision with this chal­lenge ^[19] (Interactive).

21. How many…: Train your Frontal and Pari­etal lobes ^[20].

22. Is a cir­cle a cir­cle?: Visual Per­cep­tion Brain Teaser ^[21].

23. Men­tal Imagery and Spa­tial Rota­tion ^[22] challenge.

24. What piece fits here? ^[23].

25. Can you men­tally build this box? ^[24].

- Visual Illu­sions -

26. The Muller-Lyer Illu­sion ^[25] (Interactive).

27. Don’t try this ^[26] with your part­ner, or you may fight.

28. How many col­ors do you see in The Her­mann Grid ^[27].

29. This is less obvi­ous than it may appear ^[28].

30. Is this a cir­cle or what? ^[21].

31. The lim­its of our perception-and per­fec­tion ^[25].

32. Are these 2 rows par­al­lel? ^[29].

33. What do you see ^[30].

- Lan­guage and Logic -

34. Words in your brain ^[31]: do you know where words are “stored” in your brain?.

35. Join this Party For Poly­glots ^[32].

36. Solve Dr. Nasty’s Giant Cube ^[33].

37. Which way is the bus head­ing ^[34]?.

- With a Cor­po­rate angle -

38. Col­lec­tion of Stress Man­age­ment exer­cises ^[35].

39. Some Google/ Microsoft Brain Teasers ^[36] used in interviews.

40. A few guessti­ma­tions ^[37] like the ones I was asked in McK­in­sey inter­views years ago.

41. More guessti­ma­tions ^[38].

42. Your last Aha! moment? ^[39].

43. Can you read these faces ^[40].

- Math puzzles -

44. Choose the right Fork in the Road ^[41].

45. Find the the Really, Really, Really Big Num­ber ^[42].

46. Hard: The Unkind­est Cut of All, Part 1 of 2 ^[43].

47. For geniuses: Con­cen­tric Shapes or The Unkind­est Cut of All, Part 2 of 2 ^[44].

- Tough to categorize -

48. Clin­i­cally proven Stress Man­age­ment ^[45] tip.

49. Enjoy this Sun­day After­noon Quiz ^[46].

50. Your Haiku, Please? ^[47]: please, a haiku in honor of brain research.

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URLs in this post:

[1] the Stroop Test: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/05/brain-exercise-the-stroop-test/

[2] Bas­ket­ball atten­tion exper­i­ment: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/28/attention-and-working-memory/

[3] A very impor­tant lit­tle guy: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/04/brain-exercise-who-is-this/

[4] Take the Senses Chal­lenge: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/05/04/take-the-senses-challenge/

[5] brain con­nec­tions or leaves in the Ama­zon?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/01/brain-exercise-more-brain-connections-or-leaves-in-the-amazon/

[6] How is this pos­si­ble?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/21/brain-exercise-how-is-this-possible/

[7] “Inside and Out­side”: http://www.vigorousmind.com/demos/demo2.html

[8] “Two in One”: http://www.vigorousmind.com/demos/demo1.html

[9] in this sen­tence: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/10/brain-exercise-brain-teaser/

[10] Mon­keys and Brain Games: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/19/brain-games-and-cognitive-fitness-news-for-the-weekend/

[11] Brain Exer­cises for the Week­end: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/12/brain-exercises-for-the-weekend/

[12] “Picasso”: http://download.cognifit.com/Demo_mf/demo3.html

[13] Tow­ers of Hanoi: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/08/exercise-brain-planning-puzzle/

[14] Pat­tern Recog­ni­tion Brain Teaser: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/11/22/pattern-recognition-brain-teaser/

[15] The Blind Beg­gar: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/20/brain-puzzle-for-the-whole-brain-the-blind-beggar/

[16] The Empty Tri­an­gle: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/06/22/pattern-recognition-brain-teaser-the-empty-triangle/

[17] Tip­ping the Scales: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/06/15/brain-teaser-for-the-frontal-lobes-tipping-the-scales/

[18] brain work­out: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/02/09/brain-workout-for-your-frontal-lobes/

[19] chal­lenge: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/03/27/brain-teaser-to-exercise-your-brainnow/

[20] Train your Frontal and Pari­etal lobes: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/10/exercise-brain-frontal-and-parietal-lobes/

[21] Visual Per­cep­tion Brain Teaser: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/19/visual-perception-brain-teaser/

[22] Men­tal Imagery and Spa­tial Rota­tion: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/04/20/mental-imagery-and-spatial-rotation-brain-teaser/

[23] fits here?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/30/exercise-brain-visual-brain-teaser-game/

[24] build this box?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/20/brain-exercise-today-occipital-lobes/

[25] Muller-Lyer Illu­sion: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/15/the-limits-of-our-perception-and-perfection-the-muller-lyer-illusion/

[26] this: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/28/visual-illusion-brain-teaser/

[27] The Her­mann Grid: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/12/24/the-hermann-grid-visual-illusion/

[28] appear: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/07/exercise-visual-brain-fun-brain-teaser/

[29] par­al­lel?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/12/06/cool-visual-illusions/

[30] see: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/11/30/ambiguous-visual-illusion/

[31] Words in your brain: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/09/brain-teaser-words-in-your-brain-learn-as-you-exercise/

[32] Party For Poly­glots: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/04/09/brain-teaser-party-for-polyglots-introducing-wes-carroll-puzzle-master/

[33] Dr. Nasty’s Giant Cube: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/04/13/brain-teaser-dr-nastys-giant-cube/

[34] bus head­ing: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/02/24/exercise-your-brains-visual-logic-brain-teaser/

[35] Stress Man­age­ment exer­cises: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/03/08/stress-management-workshop-for-international-womens-day/

[36] Google/ Microsoft Brain Teasers: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/09/05/executive-functions-google-microsoft-brain-teasers-and-news/

[37] guessti­ma­tions: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/18/brain-exercise-exercising-our-frontal-and-parietal-lobes/

[38] guessti­ma­tions: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/29/brain-exercise-games-frontal-and-parietal-lobes/

[39] Aha! moment?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/10/13/brain-exercise-a-moment-for-reflections-aha-insights/

[40] these faces: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/27/emotions-and-faces-part-of-executive-intelligence/

[41] Fork in the Road: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/06/01/executive-function-workout/

[42] the Really, Really, Really Big Num­ber: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/05/17/the-really-really-really-big-number/

[43] The Unkind­est Cut of All, Part 1 of 2: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/04/27/math-brain-teaser-the-unkindest-cut-of-all-part-1-of-2/

[44] Con­cen­tric Shapes or The Unkind­est Cut of All, Part 2 of 2: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/05/08/math-brain-teaser-concentric-shapes-or-the-unkindest-cut-of-all-part-2-of-2/

[45] Stress Man­age­ment: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/03/18/brain-teaser-for-stress/

[46] Sun­day After­noon Quiz: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/06/10/sunday-afternoon-quiz/

[47] Your Haiku, Please?: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/24/your-haiku-please-2/

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