If I say that we’ve bump to some brain teasers, then many would probably agree on it. Perhaps, your very first brain teaser was back on elementary given by your teacher or you might have subconsciously found on at the back of a cereal box or have read about it from a book. Regardless, these riddlesDB no matter of your age can be a fun activity in engaging your cognitive skills.

As a matter of fact, reading riddles and figuring out the answer to it has the potential of rewiring brain neurons and activities; assuming that it is regularly practiced. The question is, how brain games work and why it’s so good? In that case, let us explore what impact do brain teasers bring and how it is good for the brain.

Lateral Thinking Abilities

Before we get into the juicy part of how our brain is benefitted with brainteasers, we need to understand first how it works. In essence, brain teasers are thinking puzzle. Riddles and logic puzzles similar to Sudoku are different forms of brain teasers but, there are different manifestations of these puzzles.

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Oftentimes, brain teasers are just couple of sentences long or maybe more. However, to get the answer to the question, you have to utilize your lateral thinking abilities. Simply speaking, you have to think outside the box.

With this in mind, we can safely say that lateral thinking is a kind of problem-solving skill that is utilizing a person’s creativity in a less direct approach to solve the problem. Through this, it helps us a lot in viewing problems in a different perspective and at the same time, helping us to find unique and creative solutions that we may have never thought before.

Difference between Brain Teasers and Brain Puzzles

In most cases, these two phrases are interchangeably used. But you’d be shock to know that these two are different things. Brain teasers are either written or verbal; like short paragraph or few sentences that is describing a conundrum or unique problem to be solved. Riddles, it is perfect example of brain teaser.

Brain puzzles on the other hand are games that are challenging a person’s thinking but might also require logical or vertical analysis. Few examples of it include but not limited to crossword puzzle, Rubik’s cube, logic grid and so forth.