Brain teasers are a fantastic way to combine entertainment with mental stimulation. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from solving riddles and cracking codes to navigating logic puzzles and ...

Can looking at fine art make for better doctors? The Yale School of Medicine thinks so, and has created a workshop where students visit museums to study paintings and then discuss their observations, ...

Interest in integrating the arts and humanities into medical education is not new. Several programs around the country now either offer or require medical students to take classes in the arts or ...

Observation skills are an essential component of any medical education, aiding doctors during patient exams and in making medical diagnoses, yet several studies have indicated inadequacies in this ...

This article is a fun and engaging optical illusion challenge that tests readers’ observation skills. It presents a grid filled with the letter ‘F’ and hides a single ‘E’ among them, asking readers if ...

Do you enjoy puzzles that make your eyes work a little harder? Then this optical illusion is made for you. At first, it looks playful and simple. But don’t be fooled. This challenge is designed to ...

In an effort to explore ways to improve clinical observation skills among medical students, researchers found significant improvement in observational recognition skills among students who took an art ...

Test your observation skills with a jungle optical illusion where a snake is cleverly hidden among tortoises. This challenge requires spotting the reptile within 9 seconds, as its pattern mimics the ...

First-year medical students at the College of Medicine at Tower Health honed their observational skills this February during the “Dispassionate Observation in Art and Medicine” event with neurobiology ...

UW plant pathologist William Stump speaks during a field day at the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research Extension Center near Lingle. (UW Photo) Picasso probably couldn’t diagnose ...

Do you consider yourself visually intelligent? (And no, eyesight has nothing to do with it.) Amy Herman’s book “Visual Intelligence” will make you think twice about answering in the affirmative. In it ...