The purpose/mission of the National Brain Injury Foundation is to provide social support groups, advocacy, and information to people with brain injuries and their families.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Test your Brain with these Brain Teasers and Games

Below you can find the Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games that Sharp­Brains read­ers have enjoyed the most. It is always good to learn about our brains and to exer­cise them!
This is our selec­tion of fun and enlight­en­ing brain teasers for adults of any age.
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Fun exper­i­ments on how our brains work

1. You think you know the col­ors? Try the Stroop Test
2. Can you really count? Check out this atten­tion exper­i­ment(Interactive)
3. Take the Senses Chal­lenge (Interactive)

Atten­tion and memory

5. How are your divided atten­tion skills? check out “Inside and Out­side” (Inter­ac­tive)
6. Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? try“Two in One” (Inter­ac­tive)
7. Count the Fs in this sentence
9. Proud of your visual mem­ory? Give a try at “Picasso” (Inter­ac­tive)

Visual work­outs

11. Test the lim­its of your periph­eral vision with thischal­lenge (Interactive)
13. Is a cir­cle a cir­cle?: Visual brain teaser
15. What piece fits here?
16. Can you men­tally build this box?
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Visual illu­sions

18. Don’t try this with your partner
19. How many col­ors do you see in The Her­mann Grid
20. This is less obvi­ous than it may appear
21. Are these 2 rows par­al­lel?
22. What do you see?
23. Ten visual illu­sions to trick your mind

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Lan­guage and logic

24. Words in your brain: do you know where words are “stored”?
25. Join this party For polyglots
26. Which way is the bus head­ing?

More Brain Teasers...visit http://sharpbrains.com/brainteasers



Monday, March 3, 2014

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Share what you are doing in your area to raise awareness. To download materials and find information on advocacy in your area, visit http://www.biausa.org/TBIAwareness