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Kick up your heels — ballroom dancing offers benefits to the aging brain and could help stave off dementia

We found that older adults that completed six months of social dancing and those that completed six months of treadmill walking improved their executive functioning.

A study found that older adults who completed six months of social dancing and those that completed six months of treadmill walking improved their executive functioning – an umbrella term for planning, reasoning and processing tasks that require attention.
A study found that older adults who completed six months of social dancing and those that completed six months of treadmill walking improved their executive functioning – an umbrella term for planning, reasoning and processing tasks that require attention.Read moreASSOCIATED PRESS
    by Helena Blumen, The Conversation
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