Maximize Your Brainpower

Improve your mental well-being with this book of brand new mental tests in the IQ Workout Series...

Despite the enormous capacity of the human brain, we only utilise on average two per cent of our potential brainpower. There is, therefore, the potential for each of us to considerably expand our brainpower.

Maximise Your Brainpower provides readers with a series of mental workouts covering areas of creative thinking, problem solving, memory, logical thought, mental agility and intelligence. Chapters are each designed to exercise a different kind of brain activity, with a series of newly compiled exercises, puzzles and tests.

Use this and other books in The IQ Workout Series as a fun and informative way of testing, assessing, and expanding your brainpower!

Ken Russell and Philip Carter are MENSA Puzzle Editors and have compiled nearly 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords.

• A hints section is provided for the more difficult tests and puzzles.
• Answers together with detailed explanations, where necessary, are provided for all puzzles and tests.
• A guide to assessing performance is provided for each of the IQ tests in the Intelligence Test section, and for tests in other sections where appropriate.

Introduction 1

About the brain 2

1 Creativity 7

Tests of creativity 11

2 Problem solving 47

The puzzles 56

Numerical problem solving 68

3 Memory 77

Memory tests 81

4 Agility of mind 100

Questions and tests 101

5 Intelligence tests 121

IQ test one 125

IQ test two 144

Hints 160

Puzzles problem solving 160

Numerical problem solving 163

Answers 167

Creativity 167

Problem solving 185

Numerical problem solving 193

Agility of mind 203

IQ test one 215

IQ test two 222

The Way Forward 230

Further reading 232

"...train yourself to become mentally fitter with the help of maximise your brainpower..." (Active Life, 21 November 2002) Ken Russell and Philip Carter have written over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords. The latest book in the successful IQ Workout Series gives you the opportunity to test your mind to the full. We only use a tiny percentage of our potential brainpower, while the rest is locked away in the subconscious mind. Just as an athlete can improve performance by rigorous training, you too can become mentally fitter by using the workouts contained in this book. A set of brand new tests will push your mind to the limit, covering creativity, problem solving, memory, agility of mind and IQ tests. Also included is a hints section, as well as all the answers. You can either pit yourself against the clock, or try out the puzzles at your own pace.

Use this and other books in The IQ Workout Series as a fun and informative way of testing, assessing, and expanding your brainpower! These books are suitable for anyone from 18 to 80 who wants to put themselves to the test. Ken Russell and Philip Carter have written over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords.