Brain Practice Answers

April 2015

 

 

Keep up those challenges every day!

Here are the answers to the May 2015 Brain Practice

 

 

Which is Bigger?ebbinghaus-brain-makes-assumptions-about-size

The Ebbinghaus optical illusion.ebbinghaus-brain-makes-assumptions-about-size

Your brain takes short-cuts for you and makes quick decisions about size based on the information around parts of images you see. So your brain decides the top yellow dot must be smaller in comparison with the larger black circles around it.

Similarly, in the lower diagram, because the surrounding black circles are smaller, your brain assumes the centre dot is larger. but after a few minutes, your own logic and your working memory soon sort out that the dots are equal in size.

 

 

Why way to go?

The answer is 30

Anagrams anyone?

e.g.
THE EYES
When you re-arrange the letters you get:
THEY SEE

Now try these:

ASTRONOMER

–  MOON STARER

THE MORSE CODE

– HERE COME DOTS

DORMITORY

– DIRTY ROOM

DESPERATION

– A ROPE ENDS IT

SLOT MACHINES

–  CASH LOST IN ME

ELECTION RESULTS

– -LIES – LET’S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS

– ALAS! NO MORE Z’S

A DECIMAL POINT

– I’M A DOT IN PLACE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO

–  TWELVE PLUS ONE

Did you find any other possibilities?

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