Stop for a second — actually, stop for exactly 8 seconds. This visual challenge is becoming popular on the web and there is a specific reason: it seems very easy, but almost no one manages to find the intruder hidden among the “KINGS” within the time limit. Is your brain faster than average?
Visual challenges of this type are not just a pastime: according to cognitive neuroscience, training rapid visual search improves concentration, working memory and the ability to filter out irrelevant information. In short, playing is good for the mind.
The rules are simple: look at the image below, find the word that is different from all the others and do it in 8 seconds. Ready? Go!
@GreenMe
Time is up! Have you found the intruder or are you lost in the labyrinth of “RE”? Don’t worry if you didn’t succeed: the difficulty of this test lies precisely in the phenomenon of repetition blindness, a brain mechanism whereby our brain tends to ignore stimuli that are repeated identically, making us paradoxically blind to the very element that changes.
Here is the solution:
@GreenMe
If you found the intruder before 8 seconds, congratulations: you have an above-average selective attention span. But if it took you longer — or you didn’t find it at all — don’t panic. The more you practice these challenges, the more efficient your visual system becomes at distinguishing patterns and anomalies. And then, let’s face it, the satisfaction of finding it before your eyes once revealed is priceless.
