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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
All right, here's some more good pandemic news. All that quality time together assembling jigsaw puzzles and playing card games, well, it's apparently good for your brain, for keeping it healthy. To try this out anecdotally, NPR's Jason Fuller and his wife Kandis Wallace Fuller masked up and got to some spades-playing with her family in Chesapeake, Va.
JASON FULLER, BYLINE: When you hear the sound of cards being shuffled in the South...
(SOUNDBITE OF CARDS SHUFFLING)
FULLER: There's a strong chance a competitive game of spades is underway. Under basic rules, the two of spades is the ultimate trump card, followed by the ace, king, queen and jack. But all bets are off because, well, we're playing with the big and little jokers, something that requires a bit more brainpower.