How To Save New Brain Cells

There may be some neu­ro­log­i­cal truth to those claims that mem­o­riz­ing lists or daily Sudoku encour­ages men­tal lim­ber­ness. Even more impor­tantly, the results lend some sup­port that peo­ple in early stages of Alzheimers dis­ease may slow their cog­ni­tive decline by keep­ing their minds actively engaged. Tracey J. Shors maps some of the promis­ing ter­ri­tory that con­nects learn­ing, mem­ory and neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis (the process by which new neu­rons are generated).