A viral number sequence puzzle challenges players to find the next number in “2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?”. Test your analytical ...

Good programmers and musicians identify and apply patterns. Here's how to develop and hone abstract pattern recognition skills to improve your code or music.

A perplexing optical illusion challenges viewers to find the numbers 64 and 49 hidden within a grid of repeating 46s. This brain teaser exploits pattern recognition bias, making it difficult to spot ...

Brain teasers are a fun way to test one's thinking skills. These puzzles give the brain a quick workout. A recent challenge that went viral online has math lovers excited. The puzzle asks users to ...

There is an important difference between patterns that we consider to be preordained and those that are to be discovered.

What we're looking at is the importance of pattern recognition to the brain and the processes by which that recognition is effected.