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We have gathered a selection of Optical Illusions and Mind riddles for you enjoyment.
Have fun getting your mind in gear with these challenging brain teasers.
The �Hidden Tiger� Optical Illusion
When looking at an image, we try to perceive it in relationship to something we have experienced before. Our psychological team tells us that relying on this nature, optical illusions artists create various illusions that play tricks on the viewers.
The �Hidden Tiger� is one of those optical illusions that trick the human eye, based on the way we organize visual sensory input.
When you first look at it, you will probably see a picture of a tiger in the woods. This is where our first impression can prove to be deceptive or incomplete.
Now look again and try to find �The Hidden Tiger.�
Still cannot find �The Hidden Tiger�? Try looking closely at the tiger�s stripes. Are you wondering how you missed it in your first attempt? Well, you are in good company. Most people looking at this optical illusion tend to see the �whole� picture, and not the hidden tiger. We perceive something by matching and generalizing it to something familiar stored in our memory.
Taking a first look at �The Hidden Tiger� demonstrates that first impressions are seldom true; they are more accurately based on past perceptions and not just current stimuli. The human brain�s way of generalizing sensory information provides the source of optical illusion tricks, and encourages us to take a closer look at what we see in the world around us.
Keep training your Visual Perception playing Fish's Last Wish.
With this game you will improve your ability to read a map from any direction.
'A Game of Cards' Mind Riddle
Three playing cards in a row. Can you tell their right order by these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, what is the right order of the cards?
Click here for the solution
Train your Logic & Reasoning with Bistro Balance brain trainer.
This game will help you tackle problems by training your concept formation skills.
�Old and Young� Optical Illusion
What do you see in this picture?
Is it an old man staring into an old woman�s eyes or two men playing guitar?
Try squinting your eyes until more details come out of the picture.
Also, keep looking until you find: the young girl, the tequila bottle, and the giant vase!
Quite a surprising optical illusion, isn�t it?
A word from our psychological team:
Don�t worry if you don�t see the full effect of these optical illusions. There is a small percentage of people with perfectly normal vision who just don�t see it, for reasons currently unknown.
Take your Visual Perception training to the next level - Play Celebrity Spot.
It will train your eye-hand coordination and motoric skills.
3X3 crossword puzzle Mind Riddle
Try solving this 3X3 crossword puzzle. Each word is filled in both horizontally and vertically. In other words, the answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc.
1. family vehicle
2. tavern beverage
3. fresh or young
Click here for the solution
If you are into playing about with words, try our Wordseek Race brain trainer.
This game will improve your ability to retrieve words from your Memory.
�Black and White� Optical Illusion
At first glance, this image consists of black splotches, but look closer.
It actually spells a word.
Optical Illusions trick us into perceiving something differently than it actually exists, so what we see does not necessarily match physical reality. Some illusions show us one thing in a picture, while someone else might see something entirely different in the same picture.
Math Brain Teaser Mind Riddle
Arrange the ten digits 0 to 9 in three mathematical phrases, using three of the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). Please use only the ordinary signs of those operations.
Here's an example. Please note it is incorrect!
Click here for the solution
Want some more math brain training? Play Cardwise!
It will also train your Memory, making phone numbers, license plates and pin codes easier to remember.
Which Table Is Bigger Optical Illusion
Look at the two tables in the picture below. Which one is bigger?
Amazing! The tabletops are identical in shape and size!
If you don�t believe it, try measuring it yourself.
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.
Optical illusions explore the infinite mysteries of the human mind. They create a challenge our visual perception when the information gathered by the eye disagrees with how the brain processes that information.
A $100 Meal MInd Riddle
A man in a bar asked the bartender for the following items: A juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, a lemon wedge.
The man poured water onto the plate until it was covered.
�If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100,� the man said. �Feel free to use the match and lemon to do this.�
A few minutes later, the bartender had $100 in his pocket. How did he get the water into the glass?
Click here for the solution
Why don't you try our Logic & Reasoning/Concept Formation Triplets brain trainer?
Concept Formation is extremely important for decision making & problems solving.
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