Mental Activities Help Save Memory
Doing mental activities is helpful. Reading books and writing at any age may save memory, a new___31___finds.
The study was conducted by some American neurologists (神经病学家). It___32___294 people. They were given___33___on memory and thinking. They had the tests once a year for six years. They were also asked to talk about their mental activities during childhood, in their youth, during middle age and at their___34___age.
Some of those people did mental activities both___35___and late in life. They had a slower___36___of decline in memory than the others. The others___37___did such activities. Their rate of decline in memory was 48%___38___ .
“Mental activities like reading and writing are great. They___39___bring benefits. We shouldn’t ___40___their effects on our children, ourselves and our parents,” said Robert Wilson, lead author of the study.