50 Ways to Boost Your Brain

We recently stumbled upon this great article in AARP magazine, about boosting brain health.  We've been writing a lot recently about Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, and various causes or explanations for these difficult diseases.  Now, AARP has come out with this incredible article of fifty different ways to boost the health of your noggin.  These tips can be helpful to both caregivers and their elderly parents.  Check out a few of our favorite tips below, or head over to read the full article here.


2. Ballroom dance like the stars. Dancing is a brain-power activity. How so? Learning new moves activates brain motor centers that form new neural connections. Dancing also calms the brain's stress response.

8. Leave your comfort zone. Getting good at sudoku? Time to move on. Brain teasers don't form new neural connections once you've mastered them. So try something that's opposite your natural skills: If you like numbers, learn to draw. If you love language, try logic puzzles.

18. Get some class. Live near a college? Research shows that taking courses—even just auditing them—can stave off dementia at an early age. Don't go in for formal learning? Check out book readings, seminars, and other educational events.

37. Join a book club. Pick up a good book to cut down on brain-withering boredom. Frequent reading is associated with reduced risk of dementia. And meeting new people forces new neural connections. Besides, you might enjoy the book.

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