Activity Quote by Norman Doidge

Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing—are associated with…

— Norman Doidge

“The results of the study revealed that those individuals in the lowest 10 percent of daily physical activity had a 230 percent increased risk…

— David Perlmutter

Science is, rightly, searching for drugs to arrest ageing or to slow the advance of dementia. But the evidence suggests that many of the…

— Geoff Mulgan

“It has been argued that memory loss need not be a criteria for dementia, particularly when one’s executive functioning is impaired and one’s mental…

— Glen Gillen

Studies of social games, puzzle games, and brain-training games have shown they have little effect on the brain despite often being marketed as improving…

— Daphne Bavelier

With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with…

— Kevin Whately

“Recent breakthroughs in the field of neuro-science have shown that playing the piano is good for your brain. Dr. Gottfried Schlaug of Beth Israel…

— Stuart Isacoff

That's the worst thing about dementia: it gets you every time. Sufferers look and act the same but beneath the familiar exterior something quite…

— Carol Thatcher

The bottom line is that this author, a practicing neurologist dealing with Alzheimer's disease on a daily basis, believes we need to expand the…

— David Perlmutter

The youthful brain should in general not be burdened with things ninety-five percent of which it cannot use and hence forgets again... In many…

— Adolf Hitler

I try to do everything I can to protect myself from cognitive decline as I play tennis, I walk and I cycle. I keep…

— Angela Rippon

When someone has dementia you just have to inhabit their parallel universe with them. There is nothing to be gained from challenging their take…

— Angela Rippon