Brainteasers are a great way to stimulate the mind and give the brain some exciting neurological exercise.
There are three main types of brainteasers to push and stretch the mind. They can be observational, mathematical, and analytical.
Analytical brainteasers require someone to solve a riddle whilst mathematical brainteasers ask someone to solve a maths problem as quickly as possible.
Observational brainteasers, such as the one above created by the Daily Express, ask people to find an anomaly in an image. On this occasion, the anomaly you need to find is the letter V hidden among row upon row of Ws.
The key to solving this brainteaser is to carefully scan the image from left to right and top to bottom to locate the V as soon as possible.
Did you spot the letter V? No worries if not, the answer is circled below in red.
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The letter V can be spotted in the middle of the image.
Brainteasers are a great way to give the brain a bit of neurological exercise. In the same way running, cycling or swimming stimulate the muscles in the arms and legs, brainteasers stimulate the mind.
Stimulating the brain in this way to make it sharper could help improve neurological health over a long period of time. This doesn’t mean brainteasers can stop someone from developing dementia, other factors can have a much bigger impact, but they can be of use.
Dementia is one of the most devastating conditions in the world, affecting millions of people every single year. What’s more, cases in the UK are rising with recent UCL research suggesting there could be 1.7million sufferers by 2040.
Lead author of the study behind the research, Dr Yuntao Chen said: “It is shocking to think that the number of people living with dementia by 2040 may be up to 70% higher than if dementia incidence had continued to decline. Not only will this have a devastating effect on the lives of those involved but it will also put a considerably larger burden on health and social care than current forecasts predict.”
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