Web could help fight Alzheimer’s
3rd February 2010
Recently read an article which reported that Alzheimer’s could be staved off by becoming web-savvy. Dr Gary Small, an expert on ageing at the University of California, Los Angeles, said “Our findings point to an association between routine internet searching and neural circuitry activation in older adults.
Google, more than ordinary reading, stimulated the brain regions controlling language, reading, memory and vision.”
The study of UCLA’s Memory & Ageing Research Centre, used 24 adults aged 55 - 76, half of whom were used to performing web searches. Dr Small added: “it seems people who are more adept with internet technology are likely to remain mentally agile.”
If the above is true, I think the DB team must be the exception to the rule as we all seem to be suffering from one mental dysfunction or another, but just not Alzheimer’s!
