Leisure activities and the risk of dementia in the elderly.

By Joe Verghese, Richard B. Lipton, M. Katz, C. Hall, Carol A. Derby, Gail Kuslansky, A. Ambrose, M. Sliwinski, H. Buschke. New England Journal of Medicine, 2003

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Positive effect of acute mild exercise on executive function via arousal-related prefrontal activations: An fNIRS study (2014, background): “, 2008), but also lower the risks of age-related cognitive decline and neurological diseases later in life (Lautenschlager et al., 2008; Rovio et al., 2005; Verghese et al., 2003).”
Cognitive Reserve and Alzheimer Disease (2006, background): “Finally, in another prospective cohort from New York, participation in leisure activities, particularly reading, playing board games or musical instruments, and dancing, was associated with a reduced risk for incident dementia.(53) Increased participation in cognitive activities was also associated ”
Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases (2015, background): “Other studies show that regular physical activity prevents Alzheimer’s disease (Yoshitake et al., 1995; Laurin et al., 2001; Verghese et al., 2003; Abbott et al., 2004; Podewils et al., 2005; Rovio et al., 2005; Rovio et al., 2007; Ravaglia et al., 2008; Andel et al., 2008; Larson et al., 2006;…”