Games, Crafts, Other Activities May Safeguard Aging Brain

Games, Crafts, Other Activities May Safeguard Aging Brain
TOKYO, JAPAN: An elderly Japanese lady, Miyoko Izumikawa (R), 69, learns the Internet stock trading from a young trainer Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says.

Benefits were greatest in computer users and in those without a gene variation linked with Alzheimer’s disease. But even among seniors with that trait, mental decline that sometimes precedes dementia was less common among those who engaged in mind-stimulating activities.

Benefits were greatest in computer users.