Give Your Brain a Workout with Some Fun Brain Teasers
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With the start of a New Year comes the dreaded New Year resolution; eat less and exercise more. But how often do we think to exercise our brain? Giving your brain a workout with brain teasers is a whole lot more fun than physical exercise, don’t you think? So why not start your New Year with some fun brain teasers to help your brain work better, improve your memory, have greater concentration, better visual perception, mental imagery, improved reasoning and cognitive skills. Doing brain teasers are also good to keep your brain young, make you more alert, and help you to live your life more consciously?
Have you heard that the human brain loves surprises, puzzles, and challenges. That is why brain teasers can draw us in and play tricks on us, and we love it! My favorite brain teasers are the 3D stereogram eyetricks and the optical illusions. When I was a young girl I got books out from the library and practiced looking at these optical illusions alot. It is a good way to quiet your mind. They are so cool to see.
An optical illusion is any illusion that deceives the human visual system into perceiving something that is not present or incorrectly perceiving what is present.
Below are some links to give your brain a workout with some fun brain teasers and optical illusions that will feed your brain and jog your mind. Good health starts with your brain. It is one of the most vital body organs, and it needs your care and maintenance but if you’re determined to start your New Year with physical exercise, good for you, because, well that is good for the brain, too! Have fun and enjoy!
How-To View A 3-D Image
Focus your eyes near the top center of the picture as though you are looking through the image into the distance and look even further beyond the wall behind your computer. Once you perceive the hidden image and depth, you can look around the entire 3-D image. The longer you look, the clearer the illusion becomes. The farther away you are to the image, the deeper it becomes. Try it! If you still can't see the image, try moving your chair back even further. It's pretty cool to look at these 3-D images.
Here is another helpful hint if you still cannot see the 3-D image, STOP thinking! Yes, that's right. If you are thinking about doing it right then you will not be able to see the 3-D image. Practice, Practice, Practice. Good Luck!
Magic Eye 3D Images
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Links: Brain Teasers
- 3D Stereograms - eyetricks.com
eyetricks.com provides a wide selection of online optical illusions and other mind teasing oddities. - Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
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Hundreds of brain teasers and riddles to test your brains. - Braingle: Optical Illusions
Dozens of optical illusions to tease your brain. - Butlerwebs Jokes and Brain Teasers
Your Neighborhood Web Site - Brainteasers - Mind Benders - Lateral Thinking Puzzles - brain teasers
Test your skills with these cool links to riddles, logic puzzles, brain teasers, paradoxes, optical illusions, math puzzles, mind benders, strategy puzzles, IQ tests and lateral thinking puzzles. Some feature easy puzzles to help the novice to get th - Brain Teasers
Cody's Science Education Zone - Brain Teasers!
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Brain Teasers and Optical Illusions on Video
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I went to a meeting a week ago that the alzheimer's association put on and they say "there is growing evidence that lifestyle can effect your brain health and risk of dementia"....it was truly interesting and... - Origami Brain Teasers by ksheltoncpim
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Comments
Thoog, if you can get the illusions you can get the magic eye ones also. Stare into the middle of the picture. Sit back in your chair and relax. Stare way through the picture, not at it. Keep staring and don't give up. Once you get it, it gets a lot easier and these pictures are so real to life. They are cool! It takes me only 2-3 seconds to adjust my eyes but years ago I did have to practice practice practice.
No, no. I see something. It does become three dimensional. I just can't figure out what it is!
I think im seeing it in reverse because I inadvertently close my eyes.
That would be *cross* my eyes not close. The reason why I afailed would be fairly obvious otherwise!
Thoog, I don't know where your looking, but if you go to the first link I have posted, 3D stereograms, there are over 100 to choose from and they are larger to view than my picture image. Hope that helps.
I was refering to Magic Eye designs in general. The rest is not a problem :)
Escher was a mathematician who created many of these eye illusions etc.
Great HUB
regards Zsuzsy
Thanks Zsuzsy Bee. I just took a look at Escher's Symmetry Gallery. Thanks for sharing these eye illusions. I loved them.
Wow, a really great hub. Thanks for all these links!
Thanks positiveminded for the nice comment and your welcome for the links. We became each others fans today :) Welcome to Hubpages. Dottie
"Nice Hub"
I think ur absolutly right my brain liked ur hub ;-) and I clicked on the links
eugie17, I'm glad your brain liked my hub, my brain likes it too! LOL I do a few of these a day to keep my brain fed!
Fun page, nice links.
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I love Magic Eye, but still have a hard time deciphering. But I love brain teaser games and stuff, really keeps us focused. Thanks.
Magic eye is a wonderful site. It takes practice, practice, practice. Once you decipher a few times you will be able to see the 3D image within seconds. I practiced alot from library books when I was younger. I have no problem with deciphering them now. Just like learning to ride a bike. Once you practice, practice, practice, you will never forget.
Dottie,Anything to stimulate the brain is always good! and i know someone that actually thinks they are getting smarter by playing the Sudoku games! and i think it could be true! but im not telling them!! lol
ps...They also say the brain is the biggest sexual organ:)
ABC science online reported that scientists say solving sudoku puzzles depends on neural pathways that even the most powerful computers can't replicate. To crack Sudoku our brains use a unique set of neural pathways known as associative memory which enables us to discover a pattern from a partial clue.Although computers can store large amounts of information and process it at great speed, they aren't yet capable of sophisticated associative memory.
Compu-smart, like any other sex organ, your brain needs exercise to function at its best. The most powerful exercise for your mental sex organ is active imagination and memory to teach yourself to perform successfully, just as Olympic athletes do.
Did you know that fruit also stimulates the brain because of the natural sugars and so do raw carrots.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Dottie, I have such an astounding imagination! Really!!
Ok, i have to go now as Pamala Anderson has just popped round:D
PS..Thanks for the titbits:)
Compu-smart, I know why Pamela Anderson is on your mind. Today is her birthday and you must be working on your unpublished celebrity birthday hub for July 1st. I would have left the link but any smart hubber with a stimulated brain knows to go to search on top of this page and type in 'Famous peoples Birthdays for the 1st of July'. Dream on, from Dottie1-smart.
Dottie, is that spiral at the top of the page supposed to spin or something? I've been staring at it for ten minutes and nothing is happening. Hmmm, maybe I'm already too smart for it. Yup, probably. :)
Dottie: Of all the hubbers you are my fave. Not only are you a gorgeous lady, but one with a brain and a half. I wish could just own half of your brain! BTW...Shirley Anderson is much better looking and fresher than Pam--whom I think suffers from way too much exposure to both the stars and the opaque--Anderson.
You are one "Smart Cookie" Shirley. Thanks for stopping by. Nice complement you received above and me too. We need to become her fan! LOL
Kristendom you are too kind. I agree with you about Shirley 1,000,000%. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. You have a new fan.
Fun hub! I like stereograms best. They're fun brain teasers! Did you know that photoreading is kind of based on the whole stereogram thing? Your eyes have to cross just like they do when looking at a stereogram (or you can just back away from them.)
ProCW
PS. I wonder if ebay or amazon sells the photoreading stuff... :) Again, fun hub!
ProCW thanks for the info. I never heard of photoreading but I did check it out today. Photoreading works with the subconcious mind which can handle a staggering 20,000 pieces of information compared to the conscious mind which can only handle seven pieces of information at a time and thats the difference between regular reading and photoreading. Amazon has photoreading books and ebay has the photoreading whole mind system. Thanks for stopping by and enjoying the hub.
I love these things... they are a great distraction from work! I still couldn't get the magic eye, though, even though I can do it in when it's on paper :)
Your right glassvisage they are a great distraction from work and that is why I like them because when I'm feeling a little stressed I need to be distracted away from work. Thanks for your comments.
Fair cop lol
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Thanks comp for visiting again.
:)
Dottie,
I love brain teasers! Good way to stimulate the mind. I am definitely one of those people that can get quite upset and impatient if I can't figure one out after a while!
I know what you mean about getting upset when you can't figure something out. I love the brain teasers perhaps because I had an interest in them when I was young and I've gotten pretty good at figuring them out. 02SmithA thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Going off-topic a bit, I have a child and he seems to excel in all his schoolwork. She's like 3 yet she can now comprehend like a 5 year old. I saw an excellent article on how to detect giftedness in children here : http://www.pichi-pichi.org/society/home-and-family
Enjoy
I did my brain exercise ;-) Thanks, Carol
very cool
Thanks Winston, Carol and madellen for stopping by for some brain fun.
Great hub! I really like the optical illusions; especially the ones that use positive and negative space. However, I can never get the 3D ones. I remember going to the mall, and there was this one where you were supposed to see a boat. I just kept staring at it and nothing! lol I just tried the 3D link above and still nothing.
Maybe I just don't have the patience for it. Wonder if something like this can also be used as a Zen type mental exercise to get someone into a meditative/relaxed state.
shibashake, I am really very happy that you stopped by here because I have been meaning to improve this site and you gave me the incentive to do that today. Hey, it beats going out on a Saturday night, I am a lot smarter now that I did my brain exercises. I owe you one shibashake! I recommend you go back and try again!
Hi Dottie, uhhhh, ahhhhh, I think my brain is doing summersaults now and it's getting dizzy and I still can't see! LOL Shake head, let's do it again! I'm not giving up! LOL
Nope..sigh..ok ok I will give up now. Will come back again! I had fun! :) Thanks
Hi Ripplemaker....I hope you got over your dizzy spell before you headed off to work. I couldn't imagine being surrounded by a bunch of kids while my brain is doing summersaults. But my...you are not a quitter... and I am proud of you! Just incase you do come back I added another hint under the heading "How to View a 3-D image. I hope that helps. It sounds like you gave your brain a workout regardless! lol
Hi ! The First Image is a Real Brain Teaser. It looks like rotating in anti-clockwise direction. Great and thanks for sharing.
I'm glad you got a real fun brainteasin workout guidebaba. Now you are as smart as a whip! Thanks for passing through!
Ouch! My brain hurts!
Sounds like you overworked it. Slow down today and have a simple and beautiful day!
Hi Dottie! Thanks for the message. That will not stop me from watching ChittyChittyBangBang! :)
Hi quicksand...your very welcome. I hope you enjoy!
He Dottie! Great article! You seem such an upbeat person! Kinda cool seeing my sister's ads for her books on your hub! lol Merry Xmas!
Hi Mike,
The funny thing about this whole thing was I did not know it was you until you left this comment and I saw that you were "Mike the salesman". I thought I was helping a complete stranger, lol. But if I had known it was you I would have added your sister's books anyways. Well I think we were kind of strangers yesterday. Didn't we just meet today when I responded to your hub and then we became fans. It's fun to watch how things work out. That's why I said in my comment to you earlier "keep the faith". That stuff really works, LOL. Merry Christmas to you too.
lol great karma! TOO COOL!
Mike,
I just emailed your sister. You will probably hear from her in awhile asking who that "nut" friend of yours is. LOL
Dottie1- I love this hub. I need this brain teaser hub to keep growing so that I keep coming back again and again.
I know what you mean countrywomen. I love when people come and leave comments so that I keep returning for more brain exercising.
Very good my dear...I got some great ones to at the meeting I went too just don't know how to show them off...I guess I could take a digital pic huh? They are quite good also...Thanks for writing this it is just right...G-Ma :o) Hugs
Take a digital pic....that would work, G-Ma!
It's not enough to do just one kind of brain exercise. One kind is equivalent of doing only pushups...so your arms may get strong but what about the rest of you?
Other good brain exercises would be computing numbers in your head instead of using a calculator or doing one of those computer games designed to enhance brain function.
Thanks for the Hugs G-Ma. I'm always glad when you visit! :)
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Warning, doing too many brain teasers in one sitting can be hazardous to your health!
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I love those 3D magic eye pictures. It used to be hard to get them to work on the old style CRT computer monitors. But just tried them on an LCD and they work as good as a printed version.
That's good to know. Glad you stopped by and enjoyed the 3D pics.
Great Hub that was fun! Thanks
Thank you CelestialMessages. I'm glad you had some fun! ;)
I came back and tried to solve the games I couldn't :) I will try again. I also like Mahjjong, Sudoku games, they are really good :)
Wow! Cool hub! I still can't see any of the 3D images, so that means I'll be back!
Hi cgull8m, I love the sudoku games too but never heard of Mahjong until I just did a google. For anyone who doesn't know what it is, it is a puzzle game based on a classic chinese game. Here is a link to check it out. Thank you very much cgull! Please do come back and try again and good luck!
http://www.by-art.com/mjong/mjong.php
Hi Proud Mom, these 3D images are sooo cool. I love them. Keep practicing, you'll get it. It will be worth it. See ya when you return! ;)
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I have always love these pictures. You are right! For me the trick is a focused unfocus. Hard to describe! I had a lot of fun with this hub. Thanks!! :))
Hi k@ri, I'm glad you found the trick and had some fun in this hub. Thank you for stopping by. :)
It was really fun. Great hub!
Glad you had fun JPS0138. I love to come back to this hub and revisit those 3D eye images. It seems I find something new in them each time I view them and with the practice I can focus and see within seconds.
Dottie your hub is fantastic. I just love these things. Some are harder than others, but so fun to do. I really loved the hearts one.
frogyfish, I'm guesing you feel a whole lot smarter now that you've given you're brain a workout. Thanks for stopping by.
Fun hub. Thanks for posting these.
You are welcome kfuentes. Thanks for stopping by.
You are more fun! Love things like this!
Was going thru my frinds list for people to add and update my fav writers list on my poetry and writing blog and so glad I came to look at your writes! Adding you along with several others from HubPages! Also, blogging this particular hub to my science blog as my readers will enjoy this one too, thanks!
Thank you a whole lot Denny Lyon. I will definitely be checking out your blogs. Thanks for stopping by.
Brilliant hub my son loves it and now my brains fed its dougnuts for the belly...ooops I mean granola lol
Haha Eaglekiwi, glad you and your son enjoyed the fattening food...ooops I mean healthy food for your brain.. Thanks for passing through and commenting.
I'm brand new to Hub Pages and just found your hub. I love this hub! I wasn't good at the 3 D's but I saw the couple right away when I looked at the skull.
Welcome vlkinpa. I just became your first fan! Glad you loved the hub and thanks for stopping by.
thooghun says:
2 years ago
Gah I'm terrible, never got the hang of the magic eye series.
But to illusions and the rest, I think I'm an addict, I delve through the stuff with a passion.
Great Hub!
Thoog.