Your brain shifts into a slower, calmer wave state while you puzzle. It's the same alpha state linked to meditation and daydreaming. That is one reason a jigsaw puzzle earns a spot in your carry-on next to your book and...
Your phone is not making your brain sharper. A jigsaw puzzle actually might. We throw around the phrase "good for your brain" pretty loosely these days. Everything from crossword apps to brain training games claims it, and most of the...
Nearly 260 years before the first MicroPuzzles tube left our Winter Garden workshop, one London engraver cut a map into pieces and changed how the world plays. Have you ever wondered who decided a picture should be cut apart just...
The science on puzzles and brain health keeps getting better — and it makes a strong case for keeping one nearby. There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over you when you are working a puzzle. Not the...
