New research reveals brain training can cut risk of dementia by 25%…

Nearly half of Americans are involved about developing Alzheimer’s Disease in their lifetime, but new research reveals that enjoying video games might trick your brain into holding onto better reminiscence. 

A new research printed in the journal “Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions” on Feb. 9 decided that adults who obtained sure periods of “brain training” video games had been 25% less possible to be recognized with Alzheimer’s or dementia over 20 years.

Researchers performed a 2-decade follow-up research of the long-term results of “brain training” on almost 3,000 older adults who participated in cognitive training periods in the late Nineteen Nineties.

Participants in the research had been break up into three brain-training teams — pace, reminiscence, and reasoning — and obtained up to 10 60- to 75-minute training periods in small teams over 5 to six weeks.

Those who accomplished at least eight of 10 periods had been then randomized to booster training periods at 11 and 35 months after the initial training. The research’s authors discovered that “speed training” had the most vital and constructive impression on the brain’s reminiscence.

The authors had been stunned by the research’s outcomes

A earlier research printed in 2016, the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) trial, discovered that older adults’ risk of dementia was lowered by 48% over 10 years after finishing 11 or more periods of the brain-training approach.

The latest research has reiterated the importance of brain-training techniques, demonstrating long-lasting results on reminiscence. The researchers used Medicare data to see which members in both the experimental teams and the control group (which obtained no treatment) had been recognized with Alzheimer’s or dementia in the 20-year period.

One of the research authors, Michael Marsiske, professor and interim co-chair of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, was stunned by the advantages of the brain-training 20 years after the periods.

“Participants who had the greatest advantage had a maximum of 18 training sessions over three years. It seemed implausible that we might still see benefits two decades later,” Marsiske said in a press release.

“Our initial findings had shown benefits of several training arms up to 10 years after training, with participants reporting fewer impairment in tasks of daily living and experiencing fewer motor vehicle crashes,” he continued. “Adding in these 20-year findings strongly suggests that engagement in cognitive training does no harm and may confer substantial benefit.”

The researchers said that they believe the speed training was so effective and durable because the “training was adaptive and personalized.”

Five years after the study, participants had retained benefits; 10 years after, participants who received the reasoning and speed training retained cognitive improvements; and 20 years after, the speed training proved to stand the test of time, cutting the risk of dementia by 25% compared to the control group.

The speed training involved participants processing visual information on a computer screen and making quick decisions.

“As participants’ speed and accuracy improved, the training got progressively more difficult,” the release said. “Speed training may cause physical changes to the brain, leading to new and stronger connections between brain networks.”

Brain training can help at any age

Marsiske said that it’s never too late to begin cognitive training for those interested.

“At enrollment, our participants ranged in age from 65 to 94 years,” he said. “We found no substantial reduction of training benefit with age, suggesting that training can be started at any time.”