Exercise Our Brain

Learning is an important exercise for your brain like the rest of your body, your mind needs exercise to function at its best. Research suggests that learning is an important exercise for your brain that helps new cells grow. This can prevent memory loss and improve brain function.
Author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Achieving Optimal Memory, Dr Aaron Nelson says "When you're learning things you are creating new synaptic networks — new networks of connections among brain cells."
And you shouldn't wait until you're older to start working your mind. Researchers have found that people who were mentally active in their 40s and 50s were less likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who weren't.
Others have found that people with higher levels of education had a reduced risk of Alzheimer's. Dr Nelson says it's not the act of going to college that protects the brain. Rather, it's the process of learning.