Why are some people great at solving complex puzzles in games (both real and digital) while others tend to stumble in the dark unless clear instructions are put in front of them? (There's no category for Psychology related questions of the human brain)

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I'm good at puzzles involving shapes and colors and numbers, but I am terrible at things like crosswords. I always feel like the clues are so ambiguous in a way that I don't see how they could reliably be interpreted in to the correct answer. I'm guessing you have a similar feeling with the escape room.

I think part of it is just exposure to that type of problem. If I did lots of crosswords I'd probably get a lot better at understanding how the clues work, and what kind of things to look for. And if you did 10 escape rooms you'd probably get very good at them too.

I think it just has to do what what you've encountered in the past, combined with how good you are at applying lessons learned from past experiences to the current puzzle.