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

New research now shows how dreams during REM sleep help the brain rethink problems and find creative solutions naturally.

We've all heard the best approach to solve a problem is to "sleep on it." It turns out there may be more truth to this adage ...

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New research from Northwestern University suggests that dreams may play a more active role in creative problem-solving than previously demonstrated.

A brain teaser challenge is a type of IQ test that mostly involves solving a puzzle, cracking a code, finding a hidden object or mistake, or detecting the fault in the image. Brain teaser puzzles test ...

While puzzles are often seen as solitary activities, International Puzzle Day shines a light on their powerful social side.

Long before puzzles appeared in newspapers, apps or puzzle books, humans were already puzzling. The moment early humans began ...