{"_id":"30be8aec-3797-11e2-9941-d4ae52bc57c2","slug":"reading-writing-keep-ageing-brains-healthy","type":"story","status":"publish","title_hn":"Reading, writing keep ageing brains healthy"}
Reading, writing keep ageing brains healthy
WASHINGTON
Updated Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:13 PM IST
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Reading and writing can preserve brains of older people and insure them against deterioration as they age, says a new study.
Konstantinos Arfanakis and colleagues from Rush University Medical Centre and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, examined the effect of late-life cognitive activity on the brain's white matter, composed of nerve fibres, or axons, that transmit information through the brain.
Previous research, unlike that of Arfanakis, had linked late-life cognitive activity with better mental sharpness, according to a statement from Rush University and Illinois Institute."Reading the newspaper, writing letters, visiting library,attending a play or playing.
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Konstantinos Arfanakis and colleagues from Rush University Medical Centre and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, examined the effect of late-life cognitive activity on the brain's white matter, composed of nerve fibres, or axons, that transmit information through the brain.
Previous research, unlike that of Arfanakis, had linked late-life cognitive activity with better mental sharpness, according to a statement from Rush University and Illinois Institute."Reading the newspaper, writing letters, visiting library,attending a play or playing.
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