Janice from Team Solve has enjoyed solving puzzles on a regular basis for most of her life. And she has spent many years constructing puzzles of all kinds, shapes and sizes. She ❤ puzzles!  

And now we know that science agrees because according to Daniel Bor, a research fellow at the University of Sussex in England, it’s because we take great pleasure in pattern-finding. He says,

“Human brains have an extreme form of consciousness: they’re ravenous for new innovative solutions to problems in the world, ravenous for optimizing our lives, for building pyramids of knowledge. It’s about trying to solve novel or complex problems. We have a mental space dedicated to complex problem-solving. What makes human consciousness unique is our ravenous appetite for these innovative lessons that help us solve these novel or complex problems.”

There’s a reason why puzzle solvers sometimes experience a need to keep attempting puzzles that are challenging. Solving the puzzle gives our brain a natural ...