Professor Layton and Mental Gymnastics

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Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, João Jorge Capelo Sottomayor Spínola
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/gaudiumsciendi.2018.2992
Resumo: Whenever we encounter an uncommon problem, we are forced to think of a solution using parts of our brain we do not normally train in our daily life. However, so far, very few papers have been written on how our intellectual abilities are improved by solving puzzles. The goal of this monograph is to analyse a group of puzzles included in the "Professor Layton" series. While strategy guides may provide direct, easy answers, I shall endeavour to show how people process mentally the information required to solve puzzles and how this benefits the brain. The genres of the aforementioned puzzles range from logic and arithmetic to mental rotation and pattern recognition. Ultimately, I submit that puzzle solving is an extremely effective method of improving our intellectual abilities. Thus, its study may yet help neuroscientists progress in their investigation of mental processes.
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spelling Professor Layton and Mental GymnasticsWhenever we encounter an uncommon problem, we are forced to think of a solution using parts of our brain we do not normally train in our daily life. However, so far, very few papers have been written on how our intellectual abilities are improved by solving puzzles. The goal of this monograph is to analyse a group of puzzles included in the "Professor Layton" series. While strategy guides may provide direct, easy answers, I shall endeavour to show how people process mentally the information required to solve puzzles and how this benefits the brain. The genres of the aforementioned puzzles range from logic and arithmetic to mental rotation and pattern recognition. Ultimately, I submit that puzzle solving is an extremely effective method of improving our intellectual abilities. Thus, its study may yet help neuroscientists progress in their investigation of mental processes.Sempre que confrontamos um problema invulgar, somos forçados a ponderar uma solução, utilizando partes do nosso cérebro que (normalmente) não utilizamos no nosso dia-a-dia. Contudo, muito poucos estudos foram efectuados relativamente a como a resolução de puzzles pode beneficiar as nossas capacidades intelectuais. Por conseguinte, muitos não sabem como aperfeiçoar o seu pensamento crítico. O objectivo da presente monografia é analisar um certo grupo de puzzles que apareceu alguns anos atrás em videojogos destinados para as consolas portáteis: aqueles incluídos na série Professor Layton. Apesar de ser possível encontrar soluções directas em guias de estratégia, tentaremos no presente trabalho mostrar como processamos a informação necessária à resolução de um puzzle, e como isto beneficia o cérebro. Com esta finalidade, foi resolvida uma série de puzzles e registado o processo cerebral, tendo em atenção o que se sabe actualmente da utilização das capacidades intelectuais.Universidade Católica Portuguesa2018-06-01T00:00:00Zjournal articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34632/gaudiumsciendi.2018.2992oai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/2992Gaudium Sciendi; No 14 (2018); 85-124Gaudium Sciendi; n. 14 (2018); 85-1242182-760510.34632/gaudiumsciendi.2018.n14reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/gaudiumsciendi/article/view/2992https://doi.org/10.34632/gaudiumsciendi.2018.2992https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/gaudiumsciendi/article/view/2992/2892Direitos de Autor (c) 2018 João Jorge Capelo Sottomayor Spínola Fernandeshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFernandes, João Jorge Capelo Sottomayor Spínola2022-09-20T11:32:38Zoai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/2992Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:49:33.963040Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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description Whenever we encounter an uncommon problem, we are forced to think of a solution using parts of our brain we do not normally train in our daily life. However, so far, very few papers have been written on how our intellectual abilities are improved by solving puzzles. The goal of this monograph is to analyse a group of puzzles included in the "Professor Layton" series. While strategy guides may provide direct, easy answers, I shall endeavour to show how people process mentally the information required to solve puzzles and how this benefits the brain. The genres of the aforementioned puzzles range from logic and arithmetic to mental rotation and pattern recognition. Ultimately, I submit that puzzle solving is an extremely effective method of improving our intellectual abilities. Thus, its study may yet help neuroscientists progress in their investigation of mental processes.
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