The total brain workout : 450 puzzle to sharpen your mind, improve your memory, and keep your brain fit
by Danesi, Marcel, 1946-
| Print Book 2020 |
| Available at 1 Library 1 of 2 copies |
Summary
BOOST YOUR BRAIN POWER! FLEX YOUR MENTAL MUSCLE WITH:
BRAINTEASERS ¥ WORD SEARCHES
CRYPTOGRAMS ¥ OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
SUDOKU ¥ FRAMEWORKS
LOGIC PUZZLES ¥ TRIVIA PUZZLES
AND MUCH MORE!
Did you know that different parts of your brain control different functions, and that with exercise, you can make each part of your brain stronger?
In The Total Brain Workout you'll find 450 fun, challenging and absorbing puzzles designed to specifically target the core parts of your brain that control language, logic, memory, reasoning and visual perception. Each set of puzzles ranges from easy to challenging, and is presented with information on the area of your brain being targeted and the functions it controls, so you can customize your own workout to the specific areas you want to improve.
BRAINTEASERS ¥ WORD SEARCHES
CRYPTOGRAMS ¥ OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
SUDOKU ¥ FRAMEWORKS
LOGIC PUZZLES ¥ TRIVIA PUZZLES
AND MUCH MORE!
Did you know that different parts of your brain control different functions, and that with exercise, you can make each part of your brain stronger?
In The Total Brain Workout you'll find 450 fun, challenging and absorbing puzzles designed to specifically target the core parts of your brain that control language, logic, memory, reasoning and visual perception. Each set of puzzles ranges from easy to challenging, and is presented with information on the area of your brain being targeted and the functions it controls, so you can customize your own workout to the specific areas you want to improve.
Contents
1. Verbal thinking: Word searches ; Jumbled words ; Cryptograms ; Odd one out ; Word sequence2. Visual thinking: Optical illusions ; Figure detection puzzles ; Visual puzzles ; Stick puzzles ; Visualization puzzles
3. Logical thinking: IQ logic ; Deduction puzzles ; Logical comparison puzzles ; Liar puzzles ; Truth puzzles
4. Reasoning: Drawing and weighing puzzles ; Movement and crossing puzzles ; Kinship puzzles ; Verbal reasoning puzzles ; Miscellaneous reasoning puzzles
5. Outside-the-box thinking: Trick puzzles ; Insight thinking puzzles ; Lateral thinking puzzles ; Numerical conundrums ; Miscellaneous puzzles
6. Sudoku and other placement puzzles: Latin squares ; Warm-up puzzles ; Standard puzzles ; Placement addition puzzles ; Killer placement puzzles
7. Brainteasers: Magic squares ; Number patterns ; Cryptarithms ; Alphametics ; Miscellaneous puzzles
8. Wordplay: Riddles ; Anagrams ; Ziggurats ; Word squares ; Word ladders
9. Crosswords and trivia: Frameworks ; Movies ; Movie directors ; Trivia acrostics ; Writers.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Puzzles.
Logic puzzles. Thought and thinking -- Problems, exercises, etc. Intellect -- Problems, exercises, etc. |
| Publisher | Toronto, Ontario, Canada :Hanover Square Press,2020 |
| Edition | [Revised]. |
| Other Titles | Total brain workout 450 puzzle to sharpen your mind, improve your memory and keep your brain fit |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
"This edition published in 2020 with revised text"--Title page verso. "Flex your mental muscle with: brainteasers; word searches; cryptograms; optical illusions; sudoku; frameworks; logic puzzles; trivia puzzles and much more!"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Description |
246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN | 9781335286000 1335286004 |
| Other | Classic View |