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Doing daily crosswords and sudoku "won't stave off dementia" a new study shows

2018-12-11
|In News
|By Te Hopai

Contrary to popular belief, puzzles like crosswords and sudoku will not stop dementia or slow down mental decline in old age, a new study has found. The researchers found that doing the puzzles will boost mental ability, but it won’t slow down or stop the mental decline many people experience as they get old. What it can do, though, is to give people a higher ‘starting point’, say the team from Aberdeen University and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Previously, studies have found that activities such as doing puzzles, reading from an early age, playing board games and playing a musical instrument are associated with a lower risk of dementia. The new study, published in the BMJ on Monday, investigated the link between intellectual engagement and mental ability in later life based on 498 people born in 1936.Read more

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