Reading Preserve Memory As People And Their Brains Grow Older

Dec, 2022 - By SMI

Reading is frequently regarded as one of the top hobbies since it is both soothing and entertaining, which has an advantage as people age.

Reading for pleasure that genuinely draws people in is healthy for them and helps develop the mental skills required for reading. Everyone have episodic memory, or memory for a limited number of events, which enables us to recall the recent event. Due to this memory one can make sense of the story as it moves further from previous chapter while reading books.

Working memory is the mind’s ability to hold information while performing other mental tasks. As one reads on, working memory aids in keeping track of events from the most recent paragraph. Although people’s working and episodic memory both tend to deteriorate as they age. Reading regularly forces us them to use these abilities in a variety of situations.

Adults in the study, ranging in age from 60 to 79, were randomly assigned to an 8- week programme of leisure reading. According to a study. Reading regularly improves cognition in older adults. Different improvements in verbal working memory and episodic memory was seen in the experimental group.

Evidence of conceptual integration in sentence processing is also present in the experimental group that have now read over the years. Reading has long been acknowledged as a very mental-active activity. Compared to non-readers, people who read books had a 20 percent lower mortality risk throughout a 12 year period.

According to research, these lifestyle modification are beneficial at any age may have greatest effects if implemented. To adopt reading practises into one’s life is never too late or never too early. Regular reading habit increases memory power and also enhances one’s knowledge in all aspects. It can be helpful in tackling daily life problems.