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Brain Games: Thinking about Thinking

 

Puzzle Solving leads to Creative Thinking

 

“Creative thinking is much more than – thinking outside of the box – It’s about getting rid of the box altogether.”

 

  • Puzzles are fun challenges that improve one’s thinking skills by making one think creatively.

 

  • Puzzles get one thinking and learning in new ways.

 

  • Puzzles are a great way to build confidence, flexibility, open-mindedness, and strengthen persistence.

 

  • Puzzles strengthen one’s ability to make links, see patterns, and piece things together.

 

  • Puzzles inspire a curious, playful attitude.

 

 

Puzzle Solving helps in Real Life Problem Solving

 

“Solve Puzzles and you’ll have a different outlook on real-world problems, because you’ll have a range of powerful ways to solve them”.

 

  • Puzzles train one’s brain to tackle the real-life problems that crop up every day. 

 

  • Puzzles, as in life, make one learn more from one’s mistakes.

 

  • Puzzles train oneself to take a strategic, energetic, and resilient approach to solving problems in life.

 

  • Puzzles help one to strategise by making one adopt different thinking strategies for solving them.

 

  • Puzzles make one learn to stay focused on the issue at hand.

 

  • Puzzles force one to challenge the idea that there’s only one way of doing things, and they train you to explore a range of options.

 

it is never too late – Start solving puzzles

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BENEFITS OF PUZZLE SOLVING

I have been solving puzzles for years, actually from childhood days. Got into competitive Sudoku solving (reached national level championship 09 times) and Puzzle solving (reached national level championship twice) in the last 15 years or so. It has now become a part of life on the verge of addiction. While researching for aspects related to this type of addiction, came across benefits associated with puzzle solving.

 

Puzzles, power the brain and are a great family activity as well as solo pastime. Puzzles are incredibly beneficial for children because they foster physical and cognitive brain skills. They are beneficial for adults as well as they keep the brain active and delay onset of dementia and Alzheimer.

 

Puzzles have existed in various forms since the time of the ancient world. Riddles are mentioned in the Bible, puzzle jugs date to the 1700 BCE in Cyprus, and magic squares were introduced in China around 700 BCE.

 

In modern times, jigsaw puzzles were invented by John Spilsbury in 1767, crossword puzzles were first published in newspapers in 1913, and the Rubik’s Cube was created in 1974.

 

There are thousands of types and varieties of puzzles including Logic puzzles, mathematical puzzles, word puzzles, code puzzles and linguistics puzzles etc.

 

Benefits of Puzzle Solving

 

  • Mental exercise. Solving puzzles exercises both the right side (in charge of creativity, emotions and intuitive thinking) and left side (the logical, objective and methodical side) of the brain.

 

  • Prevents Cognitive Decline. While solving puzzles both sides of the brain communicate and work together, increasing cognitive function.

 

  • Improves Visual-Spatial Reasoning. Assembling jigsaw type of puzzles helps in improving spatial reasoning.

 

  • Greater Attention to Detail. Solving puzzles entails paying attention to details. The ability to capture small details helps in all aspects of our lives.

 

  • Improve memory. Solving puzzles strengthens neural connections and increases the generation of new connections. This increases mental speed, thought process and improvement in memory.

 

  • Increases IQ. Regular solving of puzzles does raise the IQ level by improvement in memory, concentration, vocabulary, and reasoning skills.

 

  • Improves Problem Solving Ability. Solving puzzles involves adopting different approaches, formulating theories, testing hypotheses, and changing perspectives. This also helps in critical thinking, better adaptive skills and day to day dealing with situations.

 

  • Enhances Mood. One of the benefits of puzzles is that they increase the production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that regulates mood, memory, and concentration. Dopamine is released with every success in solving puzzle.

 

  • They Lower Stress Levels. Puzzles invigorate the brains but they are also very relaxing. This leads to a better mind set and better stress coping skills.

 

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START

 

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