Studies have shown that people who are successfully and that stay mentally alert well into their senior years discuss certain characteristics. It is a chosen lifestyle that will pay off by extending their enjoyment of life as they age. Among the most important of these characteristics is being positive and feeling good about ourselves. Part of being positive is looking at our glass as being half full rather than half empty. And because of this, it is important to consider how we see ourselves and how we perceive the world around us. Additionally it is necessary to learn how to adapt to life’s many challenges. By doing this, we will feel we have control over our own lives
Those who are able to keep this type of a lifestyle during their Lives, studies show, appear to live longer, more knowingly and with less mental decline. Also because they have stayed more active throughout their lives, they are often more likely to be pain-free and with no physical constraints that their counterparts that have become sedentary may encounter in mental age test. By staying active, they will also probably continue to keep family and friends relationships, travel, enjoy social activities in their communities, join clubs, and take classes thus keeping themselves emotionally alert. Some studies indicate it is important to continue to learn new things and to pursue activities which are intellectually stimulating so as to challenge our minds, especially as we age.
Memory difficulties are most often associated with aging they decrease the possibility of becoming mentally alert. It is important to not forget that tension and anxiety are related to memory issues and thus it is necessary to try to avoid stress as much as possible in our own lives. Memory issues can be diminished even if we listen to new things, listen if we are spoken to, concentrate on what’s being said, and to verbalize, and imagine. Some of the most significant research on the mind within the past 15 years has focused on the correlation between aerobic exercise and mind density. It is now common knowledge that physical fitness in older adults slows down the decline in brain density and that constant aerobic exercise really restores lost brain volume from natural aging.
Exercise increases blood and oxygen flow, creating a fertile environment for cell regeneration in specific regions of the brain. Restoring brain volume in these locations may result in improved mental performance in these areas as focus, organization and multi-tasking. While it is still being ascertained how much exercise is needed to affect cognitive functioning, it has been concluded in at least one study that any frequency of moderate exercise performed later in life can reduce the likelihood of developing mild cognitive impairment.