Based on research that shows that people middle-aged or older who solve word games and brainteasers have a significant cognitive advantage over those who do not, we decided to compile a list of 7 of our favorite activity books (and sample activity sheets) to help keep brains young. Remember, it’s never too late to improve your brain.
399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young by Nancy Linde
Here are 399 games to stretch, challenge, and push the reader, all of which stimulate the formation of neurons—literally, regrowing the brain.
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Download the printable activity sheet here.
417 More Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young by Nancy Linde
This follow-up to the bestselling 399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young, offers 417 games that target six key cognitive functions.
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Original Sudoku by the Editors of Nikoli Publishing
From the Japanese publisher that invented Sudoku!
Arranged from “Easy” to “Very Hard,” here are over 300 logic puzzles that celebrate the compulsive joy of Sudoku with symmetry, smartness, and elegance.
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The Big Book of Visual Sudoku by Nikoli Publishing
The Big Book of Visual Sudoku reinvents the world’ most popular number game by adding a second visual “layer” on top of the traditional number/logic puzzle—using symbols and pictures instead of numbers, activating both sides of the brain.
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The Little Book of Big Mindbenders by Scott Kim
More than 450 truly satisfying, mind-expanding, full-color puzzles, number challenges, wordplay, and visual conundrums.
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The Big Book of Brain Games by Ivan Moscovich
1000 PlayThinks that cover twelve basic categories, including Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception.
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Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles by Fred Piscop
Adapted from the popular Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles Page-A-Day Calendar, Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles strikes a perfect balance: The puzzles are tough enough to be sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, but are designed to be solvable in ten minutes or less.
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