Study: For better memory and thinking skills at age 70 (and beyond), play cards and board games from age 11

Discussion: Playing games were associated with less relative cognitive decline from age 11 to age 70, and less cognitive decline from age 70 to 79. Controlling for age 11 cognitive function and other confounders, these findings suggest that playing more games is linked to reduced lifetime decline in cognitive function. The Study in Context: Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters How learning changes your brain Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them? Fun Brain Teasers for Adults of Any Age
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