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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Training visual processingspeed in later life lowersdementia risk two decades… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 Five hours a week with grandchildren goes with better memory in older adults, and more than twenty hours a week does not. Five hours a week withgrandchildren goes with… AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 Putting older adults into activities that are genuinely new to them improves cognitive function in randomised trials, with executive function the most reliable gain. Putting older adultsinto activities that… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 We lose cognitive function with age largely because adults refuse to be bad at things, and so stop giving the brain the novel input that maintains it. We lose cognitivefunction with age… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 Walking three or four times a week grew older adults' hippocampus by one percent and left their memory better a year later, which no pill has managed. Walking three or fourtimes a week grew older… AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 Partner dancing, not puzzles, has the best evidence of any activity for improving cognitive function in older adults. Partner dancing, notpuzzles, has the best… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 Believing that ageing goes well is itself protective: people with a positive attitude to ageing live longer and are less likely to develop dementia. Believing that ageinggoes well is itself… AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 About half of all dementia is preventable, and most of that preventable half is Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. About half of alldementia is… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 Keeping a social network, staying curious and having a sense of purpose protect against dementia about as much as blood pressure and exercise do. Keeping a socialnetwork, staying… MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24
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