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Doodling Helps Remembering

tania — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:00:30 +0000

British scientists believe that doodling during boring lectures or long phone calls does not distract our attention, but rather helps us remember more of what we hear.

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Nightmares Are Rewarding

tania — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:43:41 +0000

According to Finnish psychologist Atti Revonsuo, nightmares are actually positive experiences and even more – they are crucial for human race to survive. He claims all nightmares – like of falling down, being chased by monstrous animals, losing teeth or getting kicked out of school – emerge from our collective unconscious that contains experiences of human civilization repeatedly confronted with perilous challenges over the history.(...)
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Brain Game. Shopping Woman

Geniusbeauty.com — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:35:24 +0000

Today here’s a new riddle about a shopping woman. I hope, you will like and solve it.
“How much does 1 cost?” asked the customer at a shop.
“$20.” answered the shop assistant.
“And how much are 12?” asked the woman again.
“$40.” was the answer.
“In fact I need 120.” (...)
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Brain Game. How to Become a Psychic

Geniusbeauty.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:54:33 +0000

Today here is another brain game. I haven’t posted them for a few weeks and I hope, you have missed my riddles. Try to solve this one. There are 50 1-cent coins on the table. Initially all coins are tails up. Close your eyes, and I will turn over 10 random coins. The task is to divide all the coins into two groups blindly, so that the groups have an equal number of heads up. Mind, that in this brain game you are not a psychic. Maybe, you are going to become one, while you are thinking about the solution? (...)
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Brain Game. Americans without a Passport

Geniusbeauty.com — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:15:41 +0000

Here is a brain game, which was shared with me by Chris and Stacy (by the way, thank you a lot!) and which I liked very much. There are a few individuals who are American citizens who can visit 162 sovereign nation’s territories without a passport. They are not subject to customs or immigration controls when visiting and are usually welcomed. They can leave (...)
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Brain Game. God Given

Geniusbeauty.com — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:55:47 +0000

Here is an interesting brain game. God gives it to people twice absolutely free, but if they want to have it for the third time, they have to pay money. What is it? Please, if you want to solve yourself, be careful and do not look at the comments of this post, because someone could have already written the solution there. Good luck!(...)
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