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Lifestyle factors that affect cognition

Regular exercise throughout life helps keep aging mind sharp

Submitted by Fiona McPherson on

Data from the very large, long-running UK National Child Development Study has revealed that those who exercised at least four times weekly as both a child and an adult performed better on cognitive tests at age 50 than those who exercised two to three times per month or less, and the latter in turn performed better than those who hadn’t regularly exercised at all.