The benefits of keeping your mind active over time [Video]

Practically everyone has been told about the benefits of physical exercise as you continue to age. But what about keeping your mind active and its benefits?The study of the active mind is more commonly referred to as cognitive reserve, which is the brain’s ability to improvise and find other ways to get a task done. It’s also a way to tell how or if your brain is able to pull together its skillset to solve problems and overcome challenges. This brain function is developed over one’s life and started to be studied just decades ago.In the late 1980s, researchers studying autopsies of people without dementia symptoms were found to have brain changes consistent with Alzheimer’s disease. However, they did not show dementia symptoms due to having a large enough cognitive reserve to offset damages, according to Harvard Medical School.Stay up to date with the latest health news: Health Beat on …