"We aren't saying, 'Don't exercise' or, 'Don't practice mindfulness,' " Eric J. Lenze explains. "But we had thought we might find a cognitive benefit in these older adults. We didn't." Ground Picture/Shutterstock
Exercise and mindfulness failed to boost older adults’ cognitive function in a recent study.
Researchers studied the cognitive effects of exercise, mindfulness training, or both for up to 18 months in older adults who reported age-related changes in memory but had not been diagnosed with any form of dementia. The findings appear in JAMA.
