Are Those Brain-Training Gadgets Really Any Good? (Or Is a Walk Just As Effective?)

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WE USED to think that when it came to brains you were stuck with what Mother Nature gave you.

But there's growing evidence to show that, with practice, it is possible to boost the power of your brain and that this can help stave off diseases that bring about mental decline.

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Are Those Brain-Training Gadgets Really Any Good? (Or Is a Walk Just As Effective?)

American research has found that those who regularly take part in debates or do puzzles and crosswords have fewer cases of dementia and Alzheimer's than the rest of the population.

Other studies show that taxi drivers have a bigger hippocampus - the area of the brain with the ability to memo-rise places - than the rest of us.

The longer they stay in the job, the bigger it becomes.

'It is c...

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