Wiring Our Brains For The Better!

We can enhance our mental fitness by exposing the brain to puzzles that challenge our normal modes of thinking.

You know the phrase “use it or lose it?” It is true when it comes to the way our brains age. When we don’t actively seek experiences that expose our minds to new and challenging stimuli, our neuroreceptors die off.

TYPES OF PROBLEM SOLVING:

Lateral thinking utilizes a creative, less direct, approach. We aren’t given the opportunity to exercise lateral thinking often in our daily lives. Lateral thinking keeps us feeling fresh, creative, on our toes, so to speak, when tackling new problems.

Brainteasers can keep the mind stimulated by encouraging it to think and act in novel ways.

Vertical thinking involves an analytical, logical approach—we use this when dealing with math equations.

Brain puzzles are games that also challenge our thinking but may require logic or vertical analysis to solve. Brain puzzles can even be physical objects!