Anti-Aging Online

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Surfing the Internet just might be a way to preserve your mental skills as you age. Researches found that seniors who browsed the web had better brain function after a few days. Anti-aging online comes from the fact you are building your brains infrastructure. This is an investment in utilizing your mind and expanding its connections.

“You can teach an old brain new technology tricks,” said Dr. Gary Small, a psychiatry professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of iBrain. With people who had little Internet experience, “we found that after just a week of practice, there was a much greater extent of activity particularly in the areas of the brain that make decisions, the thinking brain — which makes sense because, when you’re searching online, you’re making a lot of decisions,” he said. “It’s interactive.”  Small is co-author of the research, which will be scheduled to be presented in Chicago at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.

For the research, 24 neurologically normal adults, aged 55 to 78, were asked to surf the Internet while hooked up to an MRI machine. Before the study began, half the participants had used the Internet daily, and the other half had little if any experience with it.

After an initial MRI scan, the participants were instructed to do Internet searches for an hour on each of seven days in the next two weeks. After which they returned to the clinic for more brain scans.

“At baseline, those with prior Internet experience showed a much greater extent of brain activation,” Small said.  At-home use showed those who had just been introduced to the Internet were catching up to the Internet savvy group.

“This is a demonstration that, over a relatively short period of time, patterns of brain activation while engaging in cognitive activities change,” Lipton said. “That is at least a first step toward gaining insight into the mechanisms that might allow cognitive engagement to influence brain function.”

Just one more reason to do your health research online, while searching for ways to avoid dementia, you are practicing a known brain enhancer.  While gathering information, you are sharpening your ability to remember it.  A solution to learning new things while being able to retain the information, and understand it better, proves that there is always a way.  

For a number of years seniors were encouraged to do crossword-puzzles. They are told to engage in activities that use their minds. The Internet has many advantages, there is such a choice of activities that are good for both the brain and empowering. The sheer amount of knowledge that abounds on the screen is a way to reach destinations that were never possible before. Traveling miles with little effort except moving your fingers, puts a whole new dimension to independence. The University you never attended is now online.

What you can’t remember is online for you to reconnect with. It really is never too late to do it for yourself online. From history to what’s happening now you can be here and there in seconds. The experience is also a way to express yourself. From staying in touch with people to traveling around the world on your schedule, makes the web the best road trip. It is a sweet experience to get your voice heard across the globe.

From simple searches to imaginative forays into wondrous discoveries, you can find many reasons to participate in the online world. The more time you stay online the better you will appreciate what it holds for you. It takes minimal experience to do a search online and the benefits are more than you can imagine. It is a simple way to acquire a lifetime of experience from the comfort of your own home.

Feel free to hit the road with the peace of mind that you will remember where you have been. This study is one of the few studies I think was worthwhile. Everyday no matter how you feel it is a way to get out and explore, if not at least it is a good way to shop

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