Mental activity slows brain shrink

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 16:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Those who don’t engage in complex mental activity over their lifetime have twice the shrinkage in a key part of the brain in old age, according to research.

Read the whole article on Science Alert

More from Science Alert

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net