Train your Brain
WORDS: MICH R. LAGDAMEO
SPECIAL THANKS TO MENSA PHILIPPINES
Those a bit slow on the uptake might be wondering, “Why do the pages of my favorite rag look scarily like an entrance exam?”
Well, while researching (read: Googling) we came upon a recent study by Dutch psychologist Johann Karremans that found that guys, after simply reading a chick's name on a monitor, fail simple cognitive tests. Simply put, our brains get so distracted by thoughts of the opposite sex that we become stupid at answering even the most basic of questions. We panicked at this—what about our readers, who don't just read hot girl's names, but see them in all their glory on our pages? Who get to read about their naughty exploits? Something must be done.
We care about your mental health as much as your physical well-being. But since we’re better at the latter, we enlisted the help of Mensa Philippines, to help offset the temporary brain drain the lovely ladies on our rag cause. We asked them, smart and all-around good people that they are, what it takes to get our brains into higher gear. They sent us these brain bogglers. Go figure.
And make sure not to skip this exam! The first three readers/overexposed-to-women men who email the correct answers to this quizzes to fhmphil.stuff@gmail.com will be given a very special prize!
QUIZ 1: WRACK YOUR BRAIN
Here’s Mensa to start off the brainiac hostilities: “Our brains are complex pattern-finding machines. So the best way to exercise your brain is to do exercises and games that give it new patterns to look into. Chess, for instance, with its infinite number of moves, is popular in Slavic countries. In China it’s mahjongg. And for many in the uppity set it’s playing bridge or poker. Doing puzzles, such as crosswords and Sudoku, can have the same effect.” In fact, a recent study in the Archives of Neurology [whose archives?] shows that doing puzzles wards off Alzheimer’s disease because mental workouts prevent plaque from building up in the brain.”
Sadly, Temple Run isn’t on that list, and neither is Draw Something. Here’s a quick Sudoku quiz to start you off.
