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Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health

  • Written by Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
imageResearch shows that the brain can be exercised, much like our muscles.RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger.

Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases over time. Continually lifting the same weight the...

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