Better Brain Fitness (a Brainjo Production) This Brain Aging Study Is Our New Favorite!
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Dec 18, 2025 A groundbreaking study reveals how creative activities like music, dance, and video gaming can positively influence brain aging. It introduces a new method for measuring brain health, showing that even 30 hours of gaming can make your brain function up to three years younger. Experts retain youthful brain networks, while engaging in any complex skill protects cognitive function. The conversation emphasizes the benefits of broad stimulation over traditional brain games, highlighting the link between creativity and cognitive well-being.
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Demand-Driven Brain Decline
- Reduced cognitive stimulation across life drives age-related cognitive decline via 'demand coupling'.
- Brain health is maintained by the demands we place on cognitive networks.
Functional Brain Age Is More Sensitive
- EEG/MEG functional measures detect network-level changes before structural MRI shows differences.
- Functional 'brain age' uses connectivity and modularity to estimate neural aging.
Cross-Cultural Creative Cohorts
- The paper pooled tango dancers, musicians, artists, and gamers from multiple countries to test effects.
- Across datasets, experts showed lower (younger) brain ages than amateurs.
