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Brain Games | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. What is the best way to play Let’s Make a Deal. Remember the three doors? Can you always name a color quickly? Check out these Confusing Colors. What do you know about a folded piece of paper. Do you really know what a penny.

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Memory for Pennies Answer | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. Memory for Pennies Answer. Pennies are items that we see every day, yet you probably had some difficulty in selecting the correct one. Did you need to check a real penny to be sure? Nickerson and Adams (1979) conducted an experiment and concluded that most people are not able to pick the correct penny from this drawing (Weiten 1995). Nickerson, R.S., and Adams, J.J. (1979). Long-term memory for a common object. Cognitive Psychology, 11, 287-307.

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Three Door Dilemma | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. The Three Door Dilemma (also called the Monty Hall Dilemma). Remember Monty Hall and the TV show. Let’s Make a Deal. Note: In this game, Monty always shows an empty door (goat) after you make your first choice, and then you are always offered a choice of keeping your first choice or to switch to the other door. What do you think is the best strategy? Does not matter (it’s 50/50). How confident are you in your strategy? After you’ve played for a while.

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Memory for Pennies | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. How good is your memory? Which penny is correct? Pennies are items that we see every day, yet you probably had some difficulty in selecting the correct one. Did you need to check a real penny to be sure? Nickerson and Adams (1979) conducted an experiment and concluded that most people are not able to pick the correct penny from this drawing (Weiten 1995). Here is the answer. Weiten, Wayne (1995). Psychology: Themes and variations. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

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Confusing Colors | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. Confusing Colors (Stroop Effect). Is it difficult to name an ordinary color? Try this simple test. After you click on Start , a word will appear in the box. Click on one of the four buttons (or press the first letter of the color) that matches the color of the word in the box. For example, if BLUE. Shows up in the box, click on the Red button. You will have 20 trials. Try to respond as quickly as you can.

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Folded Paper Dilemma | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. Large piece of paper is folded 50 times, how thick would it be? Enter your ballpark estimate of the thickness (use any units you like):. How confident are you in your answer? Check your estimate with this paper folding simulator by pressing the buttons below (or pressing ‘d’ or ‘i’).

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Straight Draws | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. Poker Hand Recognition – Straight Draws. Double gutshot straight draws are difficult poker hands to recognize quickly. The following hand simulator tests your ability to recognize various straight draws. Select the type of draws desired, and then click on Start. When a hand is shown, click on the button for the type of straight draw that is displayed (alternatively you can type the first letter: e.g. d for a DGSSD). OESD – Open Ended Straight Draws (example: A4567K).

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. Arduino, Particle and Raspberry Pi. See my electronic projects and blog. 3D Modeling and Printing. See our latest 3D printing projects. The human brain is amazing, but sometimes it is easily stumped. Try these counter-intuitive brain games. Some straight draws can be tough to recognize quickly. Here’s a tool. To improve your speed at seeing these draws. As poker players we are often calculating the pot odds needed to make a call. Use this. To practice your pot odds math.

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Poker | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. I have found it difficult to quickly recognize Double GutShot Straight Draws , so I wrote this program to help improve my recognition times. Calculating the pot odds required to make a call requires practice to do it quickly. Use this simulator to check your mental calculations.

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Odds and Outs | DCity

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Darr; Skip to Main Content. Calculating the pot odds required to call a bet is a skill that every poker player needs in their mental toolkit. You can perform these calculations in your head, but it takes some practice to perform them quickly. You don’t need to be exact… a close estimate is good enough. Next are a couple of examples that explain the process. It depends on the odds of making your flush compared to the pot odds that your opponent has given you. You have 9 outs to make your flush. If the pot...