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Aging of the Mind- Topic Summary

As the brain ages, our thinking, memory, and learning, among other things, are often affected. It becomes more difficult to grasp new concepts or retrieve old ones. Moreover, our senses begin to deteriorate - vision becomes less clear, smell becomes less sensitive, and hearing degenerates. So what can we do to keep our minds healthy and "young"?

While we cannot control many of the changes that occur to our aging brain, research has found that only 35 percent of how you age is determined by genetics, the rest is determined by your lifestyle, environment, and other factors, many of which you can control and change. For instance, constant exercise of our mind helps you through the aging process by minimizing its effects. Like exercising our muscles to maintain a healthy body, we must exercise our brains to maintain a healthy mind.

"The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain--the hardest and most iron-bound as well. " -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (from The Home, 1903)

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