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Use It or Lose It... Dancing Makes You Smarter...
For hundreds of years dance manuals
and other writings have lauded the health benefits of dancing, usually as physical
exercise.
More recently we've seen research on further health benefits of dancing,
such as stress reduction and increased serotonin level,
with its sense of well-
Then most recently we've heard of another benefit: Frequent dancing apparently makes us smarter. A major study added to the growing evidence that stimulating one's mind can ward off Alzheimer's disease and other dementia, much as physical exercise can keep the body fit....
Here it is in a nutshell... The 21-
They studied cognitive activities such as reading books, writing for pleasure, doing
crossword puzzles, playing cards and playing musical instruments...
And they studied
physical activities like playing tennis or golf, swimming, bicycling, dancing, walking
for exercise and doing housework.
One of the surprises of the study was that almost none of the physical activities
appeared to offer any protection against dementia. There can be cardiovascular benefits
of course, but the focus of this study was the mind. There was one important exception:
the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia was frequent dancing.
Reduced risk of dementia Dancing frequently -
That was the greatest risk reduction
of any activity studied, cognitive or physical.
Our brain constantly rewires its neural pathways, as needed. If it doesn't need to, then it won't.