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Investment Visions isn’t just interesting and informative (and possibly profitable);


it can keep you sharp.


The growing conclusion is thatmental decline is not an inevitable consequence of getting old. Hurray!


Turns out the brain is like a muscle: Use it or lose it. Mental exercise protects the brain. Brain scans show mentally “exercis- ing” makes regions used for intellectual challenges grow, while less-used areas shrink. And, scientists say, it’s never too late to start flexing the gray matter.


Until recently, scientists believed brain wiring was set forever before age five and we lost neurons and circuitry over the years until mental decline eventually became noticeable. Now they know the brain can continually rewire and adapt itself, even in old age. But if it doesn’t need to, then it won’t.


“Read, read, read,” says Dr. Amir Soas of Case Western Reserve University Medical School. “Do crossword puzzles. Pull out the chessboard or Scrabble. Learn a foreign language or a new hobby. Anything that stimulates the brain to think.”


Intellectually engaging programs at the Center provide exercise for the brain.


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