AUSTIN: Going to the movies once or twice a week could hold the key to preventing dementia, researchers claim.
Watching a funny film with a good plot helps to stimulate the brain and prevent the build-up of harmful deposits, they believe. Crucially, discussing the film with friends afterwards helps to keep the mind active and guards against the formation of the plaques that cause Alzheimer’s.
In a bid to prove their thesis, academics from Southampton University are launching a study involving 40 elderly patients – half of whom will go to the movies once or twice a week…