{"id":475022,"date":"2025-12-27T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475022\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:23:11","slug":"with-8-9-million-dementia-patients-in-india-these-5-brain-workouts-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475022\/","title":{"rendered":"With 8\u20139 million dementia patients in India, these 5 brain workouts matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, reading is good for your brain, but only if you\u2019re actually engaging with it. Passive reading (scrolling through headlines) doesn\u2019t do much. Active reading, where you think, imagine, and question, is where the magic happens. It improves memory, language skills, and attention span\u2014all areas affected early in dementia. Writing is just as powerful. Journaling, storytelling, or even writing long WhatsApp messages instead of voice notes helps your brain organise thoughts and recall memories. Word games like Scrabble, crosswords, or an occasional Sudoku also help\u2014just don\u2019t rely on only one type.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, reading is good for your brain, but only if you\u2019re actually engaging with it. Passive reading (scrolling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":475023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[632,215271,215270,152894,196968,210,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-475022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-dementia","9":"tag-dementia-brain-workout","10":"tag-dementia-in-india","11":"tag-dementia-risk","12":"tag-dementia-risk-factors","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115791762926471162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}