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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>…</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Tymes<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Alzheimer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>One simple stopgap measure: increased mental activity. Like, a regimen of one Sudoku (or more dedicated stuff, like one Brain Age session) per day.<span style='color:#1F497D'> Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ja, and here’s one for you: do variations on your favorite puzzles that exercise the brain in ways that it isn’t accustomed to doing. We get too good at certain tasks and fool ourselves because we are better than everyone around. But it isn’t working the brain as much as we think it is. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>I suggest doing crosswords upside down. I mean the puzzle is upside down, not you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Solve sudokus where you substitute each number at the start with a letter. But don’t choose the letters A thru I, mix them. Otherwise you get too good at seeing 6 numbers and immediately recognizing which three are missing. Doing the letter substitution defeats that, and makes you think like crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Try to write while looking in a mirror. You can do it after a while, but it takes concentration, which is the whole point.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tutor a physics or calculus student. If you want to see how much your brain slows by age fifty, note how quickly and accurately a sharp high schooler can tear down thru a column of calculations, oy, you want to swat em.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>