Cardenas-Nelson

Exercise your brain with hundreds of colorful, mind-blowing photo puzzles
Sudoku, crosswords, word searches, and other brainteasers are wildly popular these days-not just because they're fun, but also because they stimulate the mind and keep it active and healthy. Now there's a new puzzle guide guaranteed to hone your powers of observation and perception.
Picture Puzzles For Dummies features 100 full-color puzzles that use sight to enhance your brain capacity as well as keep you amused for hours!
This portable guide features 100 fun and challenging photo puzzles
Includes "spot the changes" puzzles, "cut-ups", "which one of these is not like the others", and a collection of bewildering "black and white" puzzles
Visual puzzles have been proven to strengthen memory, attention span, and creativity, as well as amplify logic, vocabulary, and deduction skills.
Whether you're completely new to puzzles or you're a puzzle fanatic, Picture Puzzles For Dummies is the perfect guide to keep you entertained.

Elizabeth J. Cárdenas-Nelson is a former Adobe Photoshop instructor and a devoted puzzler.
Jennifer Connolly is a professional editor and author with a passion for puzzling.

Introduction.
About This Book.
Conventions Used in This Book.
What You're Not to Read.
Foolish Assumptions.
How This Book Is Organized.
Part I: Picking Apart Picture Puzzles.
Part II: Progressing through the Puzzles.
Part III: Checking Your Work — No Peeking!
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Icons Used in This Book.
Where to Go from Here.
Part I: Picking Apart Picture Puzzles.
Chapter 1: Getting Set to Solve Picture Puzzles.
Getting a Feel for the Picture Puzzle Types.
Checking out changes.
Knowing which one is not like the other.
Working a jigsaw puzzle . . . on paper.
Serving Up Solving Strategies.
Spotting the differences.
Eyeing the oddball.
Piecing the picture together.
Pumping Mental Iron with Picture Puzzles.
Breaking a sweat with your brain.
Taking it to the next level.
Part II: Progressing through the Puzzles.
Part III: Checking Your Work — No Peeking!
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 2: Ten Tips for Solving.
Getting Organized.
Establishing a Solving Routine.
Keeping Track of What You’ve Done.
Limiting Distractions.
Scanning the Forest . . . .
. . . Scouring the Trees.
Trying a New Strategy.
Taking a Break . . . But Don't Quit!
Wrangling out of a Rut.
Noticing the Unnoticeable.
Chapter 3: Ten Ways to Build Your Brain for Better Solving.
Keeping Your Focus.
Finding the Right Spot to Settle In.
Engaging Your Attention.
Trying a Variety of Other Puzzles.
Taking a Break from Mind-Numbing Activities.
Learning Something New.
Reading, Writing, and 'Rithmetic.
Clearing Your Mind.
Eating Right.
Keeping Active.