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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy. Here's how to do it

Be Well-Dementia Risk - (AP2003)

“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.

Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and hobbies are like a cognitive workout, building knowledge and skills that may beef up parts of the brain as we get older.

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