CROSSWORDS, sudoku, quizzes, and readings are good for the brain. Many scientific studies have demonstrated the benefits of word games in the short-term improvements in some cognitive abilities. The so-called gymnastics brain is not limited to train attention and concentration of those involved, but it can stimulate the memory, the capacity for verbal and spatial logical reasoning. In short, it is a real panacea to come without side-effects, all the more precious as the years pass.

As the teens, to the entry in the third age is a stage of transition and we must be prepared. The rejection of the cognitive decline, as well as its opposite, that is, the resignation, reactions are frequent, resulting in scepticism vis-à-vis strategies and measures to counter it. “The first step is to recognize our own limits and abilities, learning to distinguish the physiological aging from the pathological. Forget a mobile phone number is normal, to lose the way home is not”, stresses Elena Cavallini , researcher of the department of biology of the nervous system and behavior at the university of Pavia.

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