How to Preserve Brain Function
September 15th 2010 21:25
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Building up your brain power now can reduce the cognitive effects of aging later. That's the central message behind a wave of recent research findings showing the importance of cognitive reserve for preserving brain function.
One such study from the University of Cambridge in the UK was published last month in the journal Brain. This study showed that the negative effects of the brain pathology associated with aging did not affect all people equally. According to their results, education had a large impact on moderating these negative effects. Each additional "dose" of education -- from grade school through university -- led to a significant reduction in the likelihood of experiencing dementia in later life, when the impact of neural degeneration was taken into account. In other words, exercising the brain through education improved cognitive function years later, even in the face of age-related changes in the physical structure of the brain.
Growing your cognitive reserve isn't just something that happens as a child through education. Doing activities like brain training with Lumosity.com can improve brain function and increase cognitive reserve.
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