Learning one specific new hobby or skill won’t in itself help lower your chance of developing dementia, according to Rosenstein. Instead, “it’s more that if you are learning something new, you are keeping yourself [engaged],” Rosenstein added. “If you’re trying to learn something new, you’re staying engaged with things, you’re challenging yourself, you’re keeping yourself active.”
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