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Sleep, maybe meditation, keep learning new challenging stuff (within given cognitive possibilities). Brain is a 'muscle' so keep pushing at it, continuously, y
by saiya-jin 3y ago
Sleep, maybe meditation, keep learning new challenging stuff (within given cognitive possibilities).
Brain is a 'muscle' so keep pushing at it, continuously, you can only help it.
- tripflag 3y agoFwiw, at least one recent study indicates there is little benefit from exercising your brain: https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(23)00169-9 https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S136... related news article (in Norwegian): https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/forskning-viser-at-hjernetrim-ofte-har-lite-a-si-for-demens_-det-som-skjer-tidlig-i-livet-betyr-mer-1.16521180 https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/forskning-viser-at-hjernetrim-o...
- tgv 3y agoThat's like weight-lifting to prevent ALS. Dementia has multiple (suspected) causes, and they are unrelated to cognitive activity. There's no evidence you can prevent plaques or cardio-vascular damage by reading or puzzling, AFAIK.