| Do you often misplace your keys or forget a friend's | | | | If you are having memory problems what can you |
| name? Just maybe a brain fitness program could | | | | do? Is it asking too much to change our brain, |
| revitalize that aging memory. | | | | sharpen our memory and avoid the crippling diseases |
| Your brain fitness is fine, right? It was just a "senior | | | | of dementia and Alzheimers? |
| moment." | | | | The answer is "There is plenty you can do!" It's time |
| There could be more to it. A new brain study | | | | to take a look at a brain fitness program. |
| indicates that Alzheimer's may be in your future. | | | | Just a few years ago the experts in brain science |
| Occasional forgetfulness is often written off as a | | | | believed that it was impossible to change your brain. |
| "normal part of growing old and nothing to get | | | | Not anymore! |
| alarmed about." In most cases, that is probably true. | | | | In his book The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman |
| However, new research found that in a disturbing | | | | Doidge, M.D., describes the remarkable brain "rewiring" |
| number of cases, embarrassing "senior moments" | | | | pioneered by Dr. Merzenich and other brain scientists. |
| such as forgetting a recent conversation or drawing | | | | Memories have been dramatically improved, aging |
| a blank on someone's name may really be a sign that | | | | brains have been rejuvenated and the functions of |
| signals something much more worrisome. | | | | stroke victims have been restored years after the |
| The study, which appears in Neurology, the scientific | | | | event. |
| journal of the American Academy of Neurology, | | | | Merzenich has demonstrated that you can improve |
| questions the premise that memory loss in older | | | | brain fitness with a brain fitness program. By |
| adults is normal and not a sign of early dementia or | | | | practicing a new skill, under the right conditions you |
| Alzheimer's disease. | | | | can change hundreds of millions of the connections |
| Chicago scientists reached that conclusion after | | | | between the nerve cells in our brain maps. |
| autopsies on the brains of 134 older people who had | | | | Dr. Merzenich says, "We know that brains grow and |
| appeared to be mentally normal, apart from some | | | | elaborate and strengthen when they are |
| subtle forgetfulness. | | | | CHALLENGED, and that they change little when |
| To their surprise the researchers found that the | | | | solutions are easy to come by." |
| brains of more than one-third of the participants | | | | One of the most enjoyable ways to supercharge |
| were riddled with waxy protein clumps and other | | | | your brain fitness is by playing computer brain games |
| signs of degeneration that are hallmarks of dementia | | | | [ |
| and Alzheimer's disease. | | | | Do they work? Some just don't live up their |
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| greatest system ever," says Neuropsychologist, Dr. | | | | that are based on sound science and have shown |
| Paul Nussbaum, adjunct Associate Professor in | | | | proven results. |
| Neurological surgery at the University Of Pittsburgh | | | | They have the research studies to back them up, |
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| Nussbaum has been involved in Researching dementia | | | | your brain for the better. |
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| "Put it this way," says Nussbaum, "We want our | | | | are like me you will be impressed. You have nothing |
| brains to look like a jungle, not an island with a single | | | | to lose and it may change your "forgetter" in to a |
| palm tree." | | | | brain be quick. |