Tickle Your Brain with These Teasers

Giving your brain a bit of exercise with puzzles and teasers each day will keep your mind sharp and active.

Experts believe that the more mental reserves of connections between brain cells we have, the better we can fight age-related cognitive decline. Puzzles, games and brain teasers are the best way to challenge your brain and form more of these connections.

Mental exercise is not the only way to give your brain a workout. Getting adequate sleep and exercise are also important to having a healthy brain. Studies show that 30 minutes of brisk walking each day can improve blood flow to the brain. This causes more cells to grow and connect just like mental exercise does.

Omni Medical wants you to have a healthy brain so we found some brain teasers to give your noggin a workout!

1. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, which immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or boat. How did the dog do it?
2. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?
3. What do these words have in common: polish, job and herb?
4. Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?
5. A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

Answers:

1. The river was frozen.
2. The person was born in 2005 B.C.
3. All three words are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.
4. Push the cork down into the bottle. Then shake the coin out.
5. An hourglass, with thousands of grains of sand.

Do you feel smarter already? We hope that these puzzles helped give your brain its workout for today. Stimulating your brain each day is the best way to keep your brain young and healthy. For more solutions to keep your brain and body active and healthy, contact Omni Medical. We are always ready and willing to answer any questions.