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Topic- Intellectual wellness
People with dementia improve with cognitive stimulation
Does mental exercise slow memory decline or impact other cognitive abilities in people who already have dementia? Dementia is the name given to a group of impairments in reasoning, judgment and memory. To find out, researchers searched for published studies that focused on “cognitive stimulation” activities such as word games, puzzles, music, discussions of past events or current events, and practical activities such as baking or indoor gardening.
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Openness a positive side effect of cognitive training
According to background for a new study, “openness” is one of five major personality traits (the others are agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and extraversion). Openness is defined as being flexible and creative, embracing new ideas and taking on challenging intellectual or cultural pursuits.
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Bingo! might improve thinking skills
As people age, they begin to lose the ability to perceive visual contrasts. A difficulty with contrast (separating an object from its background or other objects) may be worse in people with dementia. Bingo! is the ubiquitous game where players have cards with random numbers that are filled in as a caller yells out a number. The first person to have a pattern calls out Bingo. The authors of a new study were curious if there was a relationship between perception problems and the way people think and play Bingo.
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