Is tango dancing the secret sauce that will keep our brains young forevermore?
World's leading researchers release the secret to defy what Mother Nature has in store for us
“Want to slow down brain aging?,” asked the tantalizing headline over a story by Meeri Kim in the Bezos Bulletin, formerly known as The Washington Post.
Added the subhead: “These activities might help - A tango might be more than a ballroom dance when it comes to the aging brain.”
To be sure, the story that follows does not guarantee you will be able to ace the cognitive test like President Trump does - “They’ve never seen anything like it” - but it does contain some helpful tips for people with aging brains, which, come to think of it, is a condition that afflicts fully 100 percent of us.
I mean, who among us, even a newborn baby, does not have an aging brain, an aging heart and aging fingers and toes?
It says in The Bible that we are all made in the image and likeness of God, but when I look in the morning mirror at 6 a.m. before I’ve had my one strong cup of black coffee, I can’t imagine that God looks exactly like I do. Makes me wonder if God has to brush teeth and comb hair in the morning, just like the rest of us. Or at least those of us who still have teeth and hair.
Writes Kim, “Playing music, dancing, creating art and even playing some types of video games aren’t just immersive and emotionally rewarding. They may actually slow down brain aging, a new study suggests.”
Wait a minute. Does it slow “brain aging” or give you a slow brain?