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Flash Mind Reader Game!

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At times it is hard to figure out how something works, and some things seem to have no explanation at all! Our genes and how they work used to be like that. Genes are the instructions (the marching orders) that direct our growth and determine what we look like and how we react to things in our environment. But we could not see those "instructions" just by looking at our bodies, so genes and their effect on our health remained a mystery for many years. But now scientists are "solving" that mystery for us.

The "Flash Mind Reader" game below is a mystery too -- it seems to work magically, unless you think about it mathematically (that's a hint!). And after you try it a few times and figure out how it works, please also take a moment to learn more about your genes.

Credits: The Flash Mind Reader script was provided for NIEHS use by Andy Naughton

Want some help with the instructions?


Detailed Instructions and Simple Worksheets

1) Choose any two digit number (i.e., any 2 digit number greater than 9):
2) Add the two digits together:
3) Then subtract the total in 2) above
from your original number in 1) above:

For example if you choose 59: 5+9 = 14.
59 minus 14 will give you your answer (45).

4) Now find your answer on the chart.
5) Concentrate on the symbol beside it.
6) Then click on the crystal ball.
7) It will show you the symbol you are thinking of!


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