Category Archives: Stress test

Playful ways to stretch your imagination

Happiness Secrets and the Study of Natural and Synthetic Happiness

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Are you a people watcher? If you’re a writer, you are. I am, and I’ve noticed something disturbing. At least once a week I leave our quiet rural roads where we all smile and wave to one another, even if … Continue reading →

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What I Learned from the Song Bird in a Wooden Cage

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

The endearing song of some small bird pulled me, I had to see the source.  I trotted down a narrow, stone street, these streets were all made for traffic of the two wheeled or two legged kind. I was fortunate … Continue reading →

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Defining Our Differences: Another Test For You

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

I pulled out my car keys and started out the door.  My husband stopped me and smiled.  He handed me a map because he knows me well. I usually have a good sense of where I’m going and how to … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Gilbert’s Ted Talk–Secrets about Artists and Geniuses

Posted on June 22, 2011 by
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Perception Video Quizes

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Dr. Daniel  Simons and his assistant Christophe Chabris , in the1990’s, created a sixty-second perception test that required people to watch a video.  This little brain-test quiz is now world famous.  Even though this video and his subsequent ones are … Continue reading →

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Frog Leap Test

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Second Graders in China have no problem solving this problem. Frog Leap Test The solution isn’t so obvious to those of us with older minds.

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