Help Maintain your Memory with Exercises for your Mind
How to keep your brain active and have fun doing it.
Research shows participating in mentally stimulating activities can improve your memory and thinking. Brain exercise, including learning new things, can help you to make new brain pathways and strengthen existing ones. Not only is it good for your memory but it can also help with your mood.
Learning new things can help maintain and even improve memory. Remember trying new things will develop new pathways in your brain no matter your age.
Here are some great ideas to try:
- Join a choir
- Learn a new hobby or craft
- Brain-training apps
- Reading – include various genres to learn new things
- Learn a new instrument
- Learn a new language
- Take up dancing
- Try painting or drawing
- Start a new hobby such as gardening or bird watching
- Travel
- Visit museums and art galleries
- Play new games: Crosswords, Sudoku and jigsaw puzzles
- Take on the trivia tests in your newspaper