{"id":2549,"date":"2018-12-25T01:23:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T01:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu-brains.site\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2019-06-05T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T08:14:18","slug":"you-can-maintain-and-improve-cognitive-function-at-any-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/2018\/12\/25\/you-can-maintain-and-improve-cognitive-function-at-any-age\/","title":{"rendered":"You can maintain and improve cognitive function at any age."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can train your brain no matter how old you are!<br \/>\nAlthough &#8220;cognitive function&#8221; begins to degrade after peaking in the mid-twenties, it is still possible to maintain and brain functions at any age through proven brain training.<br \/>\nDr. Ryuta Kawashima and his colleagues at Tohoku University&#8217;s Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC) have also shown that brain training can increase brain volume.<br \/>\nThe above MRI image was taken after continuing working memory training for around 20 minutes to an hour a day, for 1 month. The red, yellow and orange portions shows areas where the cerebral cortex volume increased. This increase in brain volume is the result of the brain&#8217;s neural circuitry becoming more complex and functional. Moreover, the ability to process information, judgment, prediction, concentration, memory and even coming-up with new ideas have said to improve.<br \/>\nBy training your brain, you will be able to live a healthier and more independent life even as you get older. Brain training also leads to work efficiency and increase in productivity for working professionals; for students, there are many positive aspects such as increased learning efficiency and the amount that can be memorized.<br \/>\n*Note: Operating memory is a function that temporarily stores information in the brain and keeps it available to be used at any time. Also called working memory, it is one of the core functions of the prefrontal cortex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can train your brain no matter how old you are! Although &#8220;cognitive function&#8221; begins to degrade after peaking in the mid-twenties, it is still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu-brains.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}