Suduko, crosswords and electronic games can all improve your brain's speed and memory.
If crosswords are too easy and Sudoku a touch boring, why not go and climb a tree?
Another 34 patients didn't get given the game, but were asked to log their regular activity instead – including things such as texting, crosswords, and reading.
Previous research has focused on the benefits of activities like doing crosswords, reading and visiting museums, but Professor Whalley's comments suggest that having a partner who provides interesting and challenging conversation could also help prevent Alzheimer's.
Simple activities such as gardening, doing crosswords or sudoku, making snacks and singing helps keep the brain healthy, and even slow the course of dementia in sufferers already diagnosed with the condition.
If crosswords are too easy and Sudoku a touch boring, why not go and climb a tree?
Openness may also be associated with a tendency to do mentally challenging activities like crosswords, Dr.
One study of 400 pensioners in New York showed their risk of neural decline was halved through activities such as sudoku, crosswords, visiting museums and playing a musical instrument.