Can Exercising Your Brain Prevent Memory Loss?
February 20th 2009 21:19
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Keep working on that brain of yours, everyone, if you want to retain whatever memory you seem to be blessed with already and remember most people have the capacity to improve. I know lots of young people with terrible memories ( pot smokers included) so if you want to preserve what you have or even IMPROVE it a liitle work of a different kind will generally enable you to do it.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 18, 2009) — Participating in certain mental activities, like reading magazines or crafting in middle age or later in life, may delay or prevent memory loss, according to a study released February 17 that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009
They found that
The study found that during later years, reading books, playing games, participating in computer activities and doing craft activities such as pottery or quilting led to a 30 to 50 percent decrease in the risk of developing memory loss compared to people who did not do those activities. People who watched television for less than seven hours a day in later years were 50 percent less likely to develop memory loss than people who watched for more than seven hours a day.
People who participated in social activities and read magazines during middle age were about 40 percent less likely to develop memory loss than those who did not do those activities.
People who participated in social activities and read magazines during middle age were about 40 percent less likely to develop memory loss than those who did not do those activities.
So do get cracking and do some of my brain games that appear before you most days.
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