Kick up your heels – ballroom dancing offers benefits to the aging brain and could help stave off dementia
- Written by Helena Blumen, Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Not only is it good aerobic exercise, but dancing may help the elderly with reasoning skills and memory.Thomas Barwick/Stone via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Social ballroom dancing can improve cognitive functions and reduce brain atrophy in older adults who are at increased risk for...





