“Some people are much better than their peers at delaying age-related declines in memory and calculating speed. What researchers want to know is why. Why does your 70-year-old neighbor score half her age on a memory test, while you, at 40, have the memory of a senior citizen? If investigators could better detect what protects one person’s mental strengths or chips away at another’s, then perhaps they could devise a program to halt or reverse decline and even shore up improvements.” One thing we have yet to discuss is the medical benefits of continuing to grow your knowledge bank and … [Read more...]
How to Keep that Brain Fresh
Now that we have established that learning for the rest of your life is a good thing, the question is, how do you accomplish this? Although there are a million ways to continue to fill your brain with knowledge, here are a few tips to cultivate lifelong learning: Always have a book. Keep a “to-learn” list Get more intellectual friends Learn in groups Find jobs that encourage learning Make it a priority For more tips, CLICK HERE! … [Read more...]