Monday, July 8, 2013

Reading and Writing Preserve the Brain, Stave off Memory Loss




Before It's News | Popular Health





Reading and Writing Preserve the Brain, Stave off Memory Loss



Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society We know reading can make you more informed, and if you’re reading the right stuff, it could even make you more intelligent. But a recent study published in the online journal Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology shows that reading and writing could help keep your mind sharper for longer while staving off memory loss.
According a press release from the Academy, the research looked at 294 elderly individuals, measuring their memory and thinking for about their last six years of life. Then, their brains were examined for evidence of the physical signs of dementia (lesions, brain plaques, and tangles). All of this was compared with the study participants’ reading and writing habits throughout their life.
“Our study suggests that exercising your brain by taking part in activities such as these across a person’s lifetime, from childhood through old age, is important for brain health in old age,” wrote the study’s author Robert S.






No comments:

Post a Comment