Brain Health

Is Sudoku Good for Your Brain?

Sudoku is good for your brain in a narrow, real sense and not in the broad sense the headlines promise. It reliably improves your Sudoku...

3 Jul, 2024

The Impact of Sudoku on Memory and Concentration

Sudoku trains a specific kind of memory and a specific kind of concentration — visuospatial working memory and sustained selective attent...

30 Jun, 2024

Mental Health Benefits of Playing Sudoku

The mental health benefits of Sudoku are real but modest, and they come from what the puzzle does to your attention rather than from anyt...

24 Jun, 2024

Can Sudoku Make You Smarter?

Sudoku will not raise your IQ, but it does measurably improve the specific skills it trains — logical elimination, visual scanning, work...

11 Jan, 2024