{"id":73845,"date":"2026-04-17T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/a-few-weeks-of-this-brain-training-could-protect-your-brain-for-decades\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:58:30","slug":"a-few-weeks-of-this-brain-training-could-protect-your-brain-for-decades-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/a-few-weeks-of-this-brain-training-could-protect-your-brain-for-decades-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A few weeks of this brain training could protect your brain for decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" end=\"false\" class=\"sc-11rlt5o-4 gjIquG\">\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably seen various advertisements for brain training apps that promise to keep your brain sharp as you age. You may have even downloaded a few, or you may be loyal to your daily crossword. However, a <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/cognitive-speed-training-over-weeks-may-delay-diagnosis-dementia-over-decades\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/cognitive-speed-training-over-weeks-may-delay-diagnosis-dementia-over-decades\" data-citation-link=\"\">Groundbreaking 20-year study<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"1\">1<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><default:path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/default:svg><\/a><\/span>  It just turns out that most of these brain games don&#8217;t actually protect against dementia. Only one type does this, and it&#8217;s not the one you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably seen various advertisements for brain training apps that promise to keep your brain sharp as you age. You may have even downloaded a few, or you may be loyal to your daily crossword. However, a Groundbreaking 20-year study1 It just turns out that most of these brain games don&#8217;t actually protect against dementia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[964,3604,127,1698,3957],"class_list":{"0":"post-73845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scriptures","8":"tag-brain","9":"tag-decades","10":"tag-protect","11":"tag-training","12":"tag-weeks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73851,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73845\/revisions\/73851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}