Busy schedules linked to better memory and cognition among middle-aged and older adults

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/18/busy-schedules-linked-to-better-memory-and-cognition-among-middle-aged-and-older-adults/

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Being Super Busy May* Be Good For Your Brain (Smithsonian Magazine):

“There hasn’t been much scientific research on busyness itself, although it’s something that we talk about so often,” explains Sara Festini, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Dallas Center for Vital Longevity, a co-author of the new research published this week in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. “So we wanted to look at the relationship of a generally very busy lifestyle to cognition.”

Festini and colleagues found that middle-aged and older Americans who keep themselves busy test b…

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/18/busy-schedules-linked-to-better-memory-and-cognition-among-middle-aged-and-older-adults/

busyness

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Being Super Busy May* Be Good For Your Brain (Smithsonian Magazine):

“There hasn’t been much scientific research on busyness itself, although it’s something that we talk about so often,” explains Sara Festini, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Dallas Center for Vital Longevity, a co-author of the new research published this week in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. “So we wanted to look at the relationship of a generally very busy lifestyle to cognition.”

Festini and colleagues found that middle-aged and older Americans who keep themselves busy test b…

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