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For this puzzle, make the words "Rob Roy" with a line running directly through the center of each word as in the illustration below without moving the pencil from the paper or crossing a line, or going over any line twice.

New research published in the July issue of Cognition indicates that using gestures while studying can dramatically improve learning and memory. The study, done by Susan Wagner Cook at the University of Rochester, showed that kids asked to physically gesture at math problems were almost three times more likely than non-gesturers to remember what they learned.

If you are overweight, here’s some additional incentive to lose the pounds from a recent study in the journal Neurology that suggests there is a connection between obesity and brain power amongst the middle aged.

As people dose off to sleep every night, their brains perk up and get to work. The brain uses this time to process all the new information from the day and begins reviewing, organizing, problem solving and memorizing among other things. In addition, athletes, surgeons and game addicts should read up on how the brain works because sleep actually helps to increase your motor skills by up to 33.5% and reduces errors by 30%.