"Hey, you really have to try this, it's mind-blowing!"
Many of us have received those "wow, this is amazing!" email forwards from friends and relatives...you know, those brain-teasing images, puzzles, etc. that you can't help but want to pass along yourself.
Well, we're equally guilty: having just received this one (below) at BrainReady, we had to share, particularly the second part which illustrates just how amazing, complex and quickly adaptable our brains really are...
If you struggle with either of these, don't give up, your brain can do it!
Here we go:
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ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST
Count every " F " in the following text:
"FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS..."
HOW MANY F's did you count?
WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
READ IT AGAIN !
Really, go back and try to find the 6 F's before you keep reading.
The brain cannot process "OF".
Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius.
Three is normal, four is quite rare.
Send this to your friends.
It will drive them crazy.!
And keep them occupied
For several minutes...
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More Brain Stuff . From Cambridge University.
O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huam n mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if
you can raed tihs psas it on !!
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Pretty amazing, isn't it?
Now, both of these above exercises were also excellent brain workouts (particularly the second one); very much the kind of mental "stretching" and cross-training that all of us need, every day, as we get older in order to keep our brains from deteriorating.
So congratulations on just having done part of your daily brain workout, and how about wrapping it up with a listen to the latest "Just Simple Math" BrainReady Podcast or a BrainFlex Worksheet? :)