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Modern people are not able to appreciate the power that carry the book. Scientists claim that reading - is as much a great brain training as writing texts. Moreover, reading is useful to everyone: from small children to people of venerable age. Thus, according to the latest research of scientists people in advanced age with a regular book reading can significantly improve your own memory.
In the course of this study, the experts interviewed 294 participants in the experiment to determine their cognitive abilities and memory status. This study is conducted among people with an average age of 89 years. It was conducted for about 6 years before their death. In the process of studying the peculiarities lifestyle and health researchers paid particular attention to the fact that it is the elderly subjects were especially devoted a lot of time reading books, writing, and other intellectual pursuits.
After study participants died, researchers were autopsied to determine signs dementia in the brain. It turned out that people who are many and often read and write as children, reduced mental activity was 15% less than those who rarely trained in this way the brain.
But the most remarkable result is that people who are actively reading and writing texts in old age, mental capacity decreased by 32% more slowly than those who rarely read. People who do not read in the elderly, were likely to develop dementia 48% harder than people showing averages.
By the way, scientists have previously shown that reading books provides an opportunity not only to develop the intellect, but also improve the performance of both mental and physical health. The study of the human brain using MRI revealed that while reading the stories about the taste, smell or the landscapes in the brain increases the activity of those sites, which are responsible for the perception. This effect was not observed when watching TV. According to researchers, children should learn to read relatively complex uzhu literature since childhood, since it gives the opportunity to train the brain to build chains of causality. In addition, only six minutes of daily reading reduces by two-thirds the level of stress.