The more we use our brain, the better it functions. We are told to use our brain time and again which has all good reasons behind the saying. One of the most beneficial exercise for brain health is solving brain teaser. These keep the mind active and challenge it to boost cognitive function. When you solve brain teasers on a regular basis, it can even slow down the brain aging process.
Why To Check Mental Alertness?
According to Dr Chandni Tugnait, MD (A.M) Psychotherapist, Life Alchemist, Coach & Healer , Founder & Director, Gateway of Healing, “Regular mental alertness checks are crucial for both safety and health reasons. They help detect early signs of cognitive decline, monitor medication effects, and ensure safe performance in high-risk activities like driving or operating machinery. These checks can reveal underlying mental health issues such as sleep disorders, nutritional deficiencies, or neurological conditions before they become severe. They're particularly important for older adults, shift workers, and people with chronic health conditions. Mental alertness testing also plays a vital role in workplace safety protocols and medical assessments.”
Regular mental alertness checks can:
- Identify early warning signs of cognitive issues
- Inform personalized brain training programs
- Optimize daily functioning
- Enhance quality of life
Use standardized tests, brain games, or cognitive assessments to evaluate mental alertness and take proactive steps toward better brain health
Brain Teasers To Check Mental Alertness
Are you ready to exercise your brain with some challenging brain teasers, here are some that we have listed for you. Let’s see how many you can answer.
1.What needs to be broken before it can be used?
2. What has many holes but can still hold water?
3. What is lighter than a feather, but even the strongest person cannot hold it for more than 5 minutes?
4. I’m carried on your shoulders, but weigh you down like boulders.
Seen not with eyes, but felt in sighs.
What am I?
5. I speak without voice, in your head, I ring clear, Guiding or misleading, I am always near. What am I?
6. Blank to start, it comes alive with thought and dream, A space where reality and fantasy seem to teem.
7. A red house is made from red bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. A blue house is made from blue bricks. What is a greenhouse made from?
These brain teasers are a fun way to challenge your mind and test your mental alertness. Read below to know how much of it were you able to crack.
If you were able to answer all, voila! Your mental awareness is on point.
If you were able to answer a few, and not all, you will slowly get there.
If you scored less then 20 per cent, pause, take a break, clear your mind and take it as a sign that you need to slow down. Take the hint that you need to de-clutter your mind and take that much needed mental health break for a healthier you!
Answers:
An egg
A sponge (like your lungs!)
Your breath
Stress
Thoughts
Imagination
Glass