You have been invited to an impor­tant fundrais­ing gala at your old col­lege and decided that this black-tie event demands a short col­lar super white Ital­ian shirt, like the one you bought years ago for your wed­ding. When you bravely tried the wed­ding shirt on (size 16), your wife noted that the col­lar suf­fo­cates you and you need about 1/4″ more space every­where in-between your neck and the col­lar all around your neck. What size shirt do you need to buy?  In case you don’t know the shirt size 16 means that a tape wrapped around your neck and two fin­gers posi­tioned flat upfront will mea­sure 16 inches.

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Laugh­ing feels good. Laugh­ing is indeed good in most cases. A good belly laugh amounts to an aer­o­bic exer­cise as your blood pres­sure and heart rate increase, your breath­ing changes and your diaphragm con­tracts. Laugh­ing has also been shown to boost the immune sys­tem and reduce stress.

Laugh­ing is thus good for your brain! Here are two fun ways to take a fur­ther look at laugh­ter and the brain :

• Lis­ten to these laughs and decide whether it is a human or a com­puter laughing.
• Try this to find out how much you are stressed. You may be surprised…

Enjoy!

Today we intro­duce a  highly evolved ver­sion of brain teasers.

How quickly can you pro­vide the cor­rect answer to these 3 questions?

- 1) What is going on in these 2 pic­tures below?

- 2) what may explain it?

- 3) Is there some ele­ment out of place?

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