{"id":339058,"date":"2015-09-19T12:52:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T04:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/5-good-habits-improve-memory-339058.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T16:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T08:09:54","slug":"5-good-habits-improve-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/5-good-habits-improve-memory-339058.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Good habits to improve your memory"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>According to a study published last year in the prestigious journal <em>Plos One<\/em>, that once hitting\u00a024 years of age, one's\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/ready-bad-fats-can-age-memory-20-years-107850.html\">cognitive decline begins progressively<\/a> and our stock of neurons decreases. This is bad news for the vast majority of us. Fortunately, all\u00a0is not lost.<\/p> <h2> <span>MAINTAINING YOUR\u00a0MEMORY<\/span> <\/h2> <p>In the mid-1990s, scientists have shown that new neurons are 'born' everyday in different areas of the brain. \"Especially in the hippocampus, a key area in learning and memory,\" says Prof\u00a0Francis Eustache, professor of neuropsychology at the University of Caen and president of the Observatory B2V Memory. If these cells, most of the time, have a lifetime of just a few weeks, we now know that it is possible to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/12-tips-for-better-memory-29282.html\">prolong their existence<\/a>. This is\u00a0also to create new connections between neurons to replace those that disappear over time. This phenomenon, called brain-plasticity, allows us, among other things, to preserve our intellectual capacity to continue learning throughout our lives and to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/10-ways-boost-memory-21946.html\">better preserve our memories<\/a>.<\/p> <p><em>Maureen Diament and Nur Syazana H.<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to keep those neurons performing for long? Lifestyle, nutrition, exercise, games... Everything you need to know to boost your brain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":126260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Here are 5 lifestyle, nutrition and exercise habits to practice for a better memory. 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