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Zahna Eklund & Phoebe Jobling

Mind-boggling brain teaser challenges you to work out boy's real mum in just seven seconds

Puzzles are a good way to keep your mind healthy and active by challenging you to think outside of the box. Brain teasers, riddles and optical illusions are often key in helping to improve your brain's ability to perceive and interpret visual information accurately, especially under a time limit.

This new brain teaser has now left people baffled after tasking them to find the child's real mum in just seven seconds. There are two women, who each on a first glance look fairly similar, and it's up to you to decide who is the boy's mother.

You need to be quick though, as the challenge is to do it in less than seven seconds - which apparently only geniuses can do. There are a couple of details to help you guess, but don't scroll down any further unless you want to find out the answer.

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The picture shows two women looking at each other while a young boy sits on the ground playing with his toys, but you'll need to quickly work out which of the women is the boy's mum, says The Mirror.

At first glance, it may seem like there's nothing that immediately jumps out as different between the two women, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that either one of them could be the boy's parent.

If you take a closer look, however, you'll notice that there are a couple of details that make it obvious who the mum is.

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There are a few clues that point you in that direction, such as the fact that their hair colour matches, and the fact that the boy is facing her while playing with his toys, indicating that he feels comfortable with her and she isn't a stranger.

Also, the woman is leaning forward in her chair toward the child, which reflects the natural desire for a mum to protect her child - while the other woman is relaxed in her chair.

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