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Want to keep your memory sharp? Here's what science recommends.

1. Have you ever frantically searched for your phone using the light on your phone? It's embarrassing for sure, but that and other things—forgetting a word or
2. missing an appointment—aren't signs that you're on the road to dementia. In
3. fact, we shouldn't accept that our memory will get worse and worse after middle
4. age, because there's a body of research saying otherwise.
5. While many things about our memory are outside of our control—genetics and
6. aging for starters—we can tweak our recall ability through lifestyle choices. Just
7. because we are experiencing normal, age-related memory decline doesn't mean
8. we can't do something about it.
9. Having a higher expectation of our memory skills as we age helps us engage
10. in more of the very things that maintain recall. Studies show that in cultures
11. where the older population is not stereotyped as being forgetful, such as in China,
12. people score better on memory tests. In other words, folks there aren't
13. conditioned to give in to the idea that aging and memory loss go hand in hand, so
14. they naturally put forth more effort into staying mentally engaged.
15. What are those activities and factors that can grease the wheels of our
16. memory machinery? The same things that help lower our risk of diseases such as
17. heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and depression: exercising, eating healthfully,
18. getting good sleep, socializing, and challenging our mind. In addition, there are
19. several memory tricks that people of all ages can learn that can help.
20. [...]

Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/top-tips-memory-sharp-age-dementia: 08/06/23. Published June 29, 2023 By Tula Karras

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