Exercises For The Whole Brain

by Allen D. Bragdon, Leonard Fellows

You're about to discover 60 bold and unique mind-flexers that will grow branches on your brain cells to expand your creative, visual and analytical skills. These neuron-builders are built into intuitive puzzle-formats to wake up a variety of sleepy skills, but all have one thing in common none of the solutions require knowing the correct definitions or spelling of words, as do crosswords, acrostics and wordfinds. Instead, these wonderfully graphic puzzles focus on number patterns, spatial relationships, logical thinking-mind-fertilizing problems that will require the use of your whole brain to solve. These diabolical diversions are challenging enough for experienced solvers, but the authors have taken pity on the rest of us and provided optional hints to help you get you started into each puzzle. They even provided solutions. You'll need them! About Author: S Allen D. Bragdon is the founding editor of Games Magazine and co-author of Building Mental Muscle and Building Left-Brain Power. Leonard Fellows is the author of three puzzle books and joined forces with Allen D. Bragdon to originate "Playspace," an internationally syndicated column distributed by New York Times Special Features.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

The whimsical old dog with puzzle experience and a curious mind. Member of the Society for Neuroscience. Founding Editor of Games magazine, Editor of Playspace daily puzzle column formerly syndicated internationally by the New York Times. Author of dozens of books of professional and academic examinations and how-to instructions in practical skills. Director, The BrainWaves Center. During the summer, Allen writes from his office at the Brainwaves Center on Cape Cod and races sailboats. During the winter he works from his 14th century villa in Tuscany. You can contact him by e-mail at abragdon@brainwaves.com

Reviews

[Joseph Young · Rating 3 out of 5]

My complaint is that the puzzles are too random. Sometimes there is not a good way of working out the solution except through brute force. In those cases, I don't feel a sense of accomplishment from finding the solution, merely a sense of relief at oh, I finally found the specific set or keys that work perfectly for this given problem.

[Serge Pierro · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice collection of intellectual puzzles meant to stimulate the brain. One page has text and the opposite page has the puzzle. Solutions are given at the bottom of the page - several pages away. Wide range of puzzle types.