Try your hand at these tricky visual puzzles and give your brain a boost!

Brain teasers are a great way to boost your cognitive abilities. Like the old saying goes, "use it or lose it," and studies show that games that specifically engage your brain can help improve your ...

National Puzzle Day is tomorrow, and if you’re looking for a new challenge for your kids to keep their minds sharp, or need a ...

Many older adults enjoy “brain games” such as crosswords, sudoku and computer brain-training games. But can they help improve memory? Well, it’s complicated. Sudoku, crossword puzzles and other brain ...

No other faculty of mind differentiates human beings from other species as does language. We use it to encode ideas, to pass knowledge on to subsequent generations, to think, to communicate, to ...

Word puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles consisting of random letters arranged in a grid have taken the web by storm. The goal of a ...

Who is your father’s brother’s son? For me, this type of question invariably gives me a headache. It takes me quite a bit of mind twisting to get the answer. By the way, the answer is cousin. Aware ...

I'm not talking about a new device or game, I'm talking puzzles. Compelling, artful, mind-stretching puzzles. Yes, really. During the winter months my grandparents kept a puzzle going on a table near ...

Many older adults enjoy “brain games” such as crosswords, sudoku and computer brain-training games. But can they help improve memory? Well, it’s complicated. Sudoku, crossword puzzles and other brain ...