A recent study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex suggests that adults who are better at math tend to rely less on the ...

A Brain teaser is a type of puzzle, which is a short, playful puzzle designed to stretch your mind and make you smile. It could be in the form of a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a ...

BBC Breakfast's newest Brain Test mathematics puzzle has already sparked 'healthy disagreement' amongst viewers regarding the answer. The programme has been challenging its audience with Brain Test ...

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

Think of the last time you concentrated deeply to solve a challenging problem. To crack a math puzzle or determine a chess move, for example, you might have had to screen multiple strategies and ...