From Zelda’s inventive physics puzzles to Hitman’s open-ended missions, certain games push players to think in unconventional ways. These experiences reward experimentation, letting you approach ...

Any card game will improve logical thinking and creative approaches to solving problems. You can invent your own games, or you could just play most common ones, depending on your taste.

From sandbox adventures to strategy card games, research shows that certain games do more than entertain — they can train your brain to think in new ways. Open-ended problem solving, imaginative play, ...

When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had recently read Garry Kasparov’s Deep Thinking, a memoir of the ...

Playing a game. Constructing with blocks. Designing a dress. What do these activities have in common? All involve the imagination. A person’s capacity to imagine not only improves their happiness and ...