Sir,
This has reference to the writeup captioned’Bolster your Brain Power'(DE, Oct8, 2017).The writer has meticulously discussed the effects of age related cognitive decline on memory,focus, processing speed, concentration and suggested measures to keep the brain growing and changing throughout life.Cognitive decline is among the other normal processes of aging.Generally what happens is that as we age, we begin to forget the names of friends, our things such as keys, spectacles, shoes etc or our recent conversations with our friends and relatives or what we have had at breakfast and the like.This process is, perhaps, accelerated as a result of our fast and busy life coupled with increasing anxiety,stress, lack of proper brain nutrients and lack of exercise etc.But the fact remains that more and more number of people are facing the risk of dementia these days.The writer has cited various researches undertaken to know the causes of dementia and improve the functioning of our brain, boost the memory and strengthen it by following simple and practicable techniques such as doing riddles, playing favourite songs, using pen to write down the important information etc.He has also enumerated the factors which can cause damage to the brain and lead to its malfunctioning.All this makes the write up worth reading and the writer deserves appreciation for his efforts to aware the people about the causes and prevention of cognitive decline leading to dementia.
Yours etc….
Ashok Sharma,
Udhampur.
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