Cognitive Stimulation, Music Therapy, and Cryostimulation to Improve Cognitive Function
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don’t try this at home 🥶 try this 🥦instead
Спасибо!💚💛❤
Always so important to remember. Thank you so much <3
Oh well, I was all excited about seeing that guitar on the thumbnail. I’ve been working on an album over the last 2 and 1/2 weeks that I’m super excited about! I’ve been playing the guitar and singing some originals related to veganism and thought maybe you were going to give me good news about my musical habits. I wonder what the brain docs, Dr Dean and Ayesha Sherzai we’ll think of this. They recommend learning new hobbies like playing music to challenge the brain as a way of protecting against Alzheimer’s for example. Of course they recommend all kinds of other things like exercise and diet and so on. For example, Dean said bigger thighs make bigger brains. He even went on to say that he’s picked up the guitar recently… I’m having so much fun working on these originals! It does keep me active at least and there’s got to be something beneficial to be said about that instead of being a couch potato!
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Sooooo……it would appear that none of this stuff helps cognitive decline? Thats what my cognitively declined brain managed to glean from this vid…….but I still enjoy doing crossword puzzles, wordle, and listening to music….however, not that I’ve tried this, but really not into freezing myself, but did they suggest this was actually helpful???
Nope. Just eat right and exercise. Hang out with your buddies.
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No sound.
That’s on your end. The sound is coming through just fine.
Yep, I forgot to turn my volume up too. 😂
Thank you! 😊
My cognitive skills drop when I walk into a room that’s at -200F, I find myself repeatedly asking, “why the heck am I doing this?!?” I simply can’t recall why on earth I would do such a thing.
I wish these videos had some sort of conclusion before just ending…
Indeed!
Of course, if we think about only listening to music, the sensory stimulation is limited to 8th cranial nerve, but if we include activity, like singing or even humming, the scope of stimulation is much wider stimulating especially the Vagus nerve, therefore having more power to improve cognitive function as well. Especially if this is done with measures that improve sleep quality, there would be added indirect benefits as well. Even better would be to organize opportunities to sing in a group to add social aspect. Learning to play an instrument is also an option, when I was teaching the violin, my oldest beginner was just over 80, with shaking hands. His wish was to learn to perform Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for his wife, it took about 6 weeks and you can just imagine what a wonderful range of sensory stimulation this learning process evoked!
Social primates love hanging out together. Even dementia patients can experience joy. No need to freeze yourself.