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Mentally stimulating activities reduce risk of mild cognitive impairment, study finds

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j526 (Published 31 January 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j526
  1. Susan Mayor
  1. London

Regularly engaging in mentally stimulating activities such as playing games, using a computer, or doing crafts is associated with reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment in healthy older people, a prospective cohort study has found.1

Researchers prospectively followed up 1929 cognitively normal people aged 70 or older (median 77 years, interquartile range 74-82) for a median of 4.0 years. They were recruited from the ongoing population based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, which is investigating ageing in older people living in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA.

Participants …

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