Dance helps prevent dementia

In Science Daily Online we have talked about several stories related to dancing, but this time we will focus on a uniqueness that can make dancers different from other mortals, do you want to meet her? Keep reading!

Dementia and leisure

According to research conducted at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the United States, several scientists found that there is a relationship between practicing leisure activities and the appearance of dementia. senile dementia is a deterioration of the intellectual abilities that happen to people over 70 years.

The research focused on doing 6 activities leisure: reading, cards, talks, music, crossword puzzles and writing.On the other hand, there were also 9 physical activities: cycling, gymnastics, team games, walking, cleaning, dance, swimming and babysitting.Individual points were awarded according to the frequency of the previous practice: daily, weekly, monthly or never.

Dance and healthy aging

According to the results and Regarding physical activities, dance is the only activity that greatly minimizes the risk of developing senile dementia. If it is practiced regularly, it minimizes the risk by 76%, a little more than twice as much as reading, it seems that dance induces mental and social interaction in a prominent way, since includes different mental functions in a single activity (emotional, musical, rational and kinetic) which greatly stimulates neuronal activity.Simple physical activity has not proved advantageous in preventing senility, although it is good for health.

Dance helps prevent dementia

The risk of suffering from vascular dementia and Alzheimer's is 47% for those who do crossword puzzles 4 times a week, much less than those who do it only once.

So the conclusion is that, the danz It can help you enjoy healthy aging and also has a considerable effect on intelligence at any age.

Did you know this about dance? If you found it interesting, you can also read «Anna Pavlova, the dancer who became obsessed with swans».

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