How can we best keep our brains fit as we grow older? It's well known that regular cognitive activity, for example, brain teasers, sudoku, or certain video games in middle and old age, tends to protect against cognitive decline and dementias like Alzheimer's. But many of us regularly engage in adult education classes, for example, learning a language or a new skill. Is such adult education likewise associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline and dementia?
Yes, according to researchers from the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan who have shown for the first time, in a new study in"Here we show that people who take adult education classes have a lower risk of developing dementia five years later," said Dr. Hikaru Takeuchi, the study's first author."Adult education is likewise associated with better preservation of nonverbal reasoning with increasing age.
The authors focused on data from the enrollment visit and third assessment visit, between 2014 and 2018. At those visits, participants were given a battery of psychological and cognitive tests, for example, for fluid intelligence, visuospatial memory, and reaction time.Reduced risk of developing dementia
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