The benefits of doing jigsaw puzzles?

Are jigsaw puzzles good for your health, at first glance you would think they are a good wholesome activity but when you delve deeper there are many positive effects from doing jigsaw puzzles.

From the moment you start to look for a jigsaw puzzle on-line or in-store you are thinking of what picture do I like or would make a challenging evening activity. If you are lucky enough to have a local jigsaw dealer near you the fact of going in-store, meeting your local dealer and buying a puzzle is all positive for your well being.

So what are the positive factors from doing a jigsaw puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzling can be a very relaxing activity a sole activity to relax and unwind with, even been shown to be a meditative activity focusing you on the here and now allowing your brain to let go of any stresses. But also can be sociable doing the puzzle with your partner or family can be fun trying to find the next piece and interacting with each other.

Jigsaw puzzling keeps your mind healthy, when doing a puzzle you are studying the picture, selecting the pieces , looking for the colours and shape of the pieces and deciding the correct position for that piece. As you go along you will remember past pieces selected and use those, so memory being used. The skills being used here include short term memory, sharpening of memory, problem solving and reasoning.

When physically doing the puzzle it is helping with your motor skills and dexterity when picking, placing and clicking the pieces. 

In recent years jigsaw puzzling has been associated with a decrease risk of dementia and alzheimers disease. Keeping the mind working and sharper for longer.

Keeping the jigsaw puzzling activity fresh with new pictures and themes are the quality jigsaw puzzle suppliers such as ravensburger, house of puzzles, Gibson games, jumbo and falcon. Maintaining high quality pieces to enhance the experience and annual or bi-annual new releases to keep jigsaw puzzlers fresh and interested.

Jigsaw puzzling is also very beneficial to younger puzzlers. Children's jigsaw puzzles can help develop their motor skills and problem solving as well as reasoning skills and critical thinking, not forgetting reduced screen time on modern devices as well!!! For younger puzzlers it can be a fun and sociable activity as well promoting all the sociable and communication developments when doing puzzles together. Children's puzzle suppliers such as orchard toys and ravensburger provide quality jigsaw puzzles with new titles been introduced every year.

So when you look at it jigsaw puzzles have many positive health and well being properties, so lets all get our 1000 piece puzzle out tonight!!!

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