Related stories:• Simple word, number games can keep you sharp Anne M. Birkam comes by her love of crossword puzzles quite naturally. "My dad did them when I was a kid," said the cataloger at ...

Jigsaw puzzles exercise the left and right sides of your brain at once. Your left brain is logical and works in a linear fashion, while your right brain is creative and intuitive.

But, a new study finds exercise may beat brain-sharpening activities like puzzles when it comes to preventing brain shrinkage.

Solving weighing puzzles, which are ancient, shows how the brain employs different forms of logic to solve both practical and theoretical problems.

Why are we humans so obsessed with games and puzzles? Oh that’s right – they’re fun, often challenging and can entertain you for hours. Here’s an interesting puzzle concept that might ...

By Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience Regular physical exercise appears to protect the brain from shrinking, an otherwise natural process in old age that is associated with memory and thinking ...

Physical and mental activity don't appear to prevent the brain from developing the telltale beta-amyloid deposits that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. "While it was ...

Thanks to the Advance for providing mental exercise every day, with the crosswords (the Sunday mega-sized puzzle is especially challenging), the Sunday Word Search, the Jumble, etc. There's even a ...

Key points Logical thinking unfolds in different ways. Weighing puzzles involve the use of various forms of logic. The puzzles here are exercises in differentiated logical thinking.