Self-Test Designed Can Determine Your Brain's Health

A simple test can determine the health of your brain

Ever wanted to know if your brain is healthy? Then there is an easy way to find. A simple self-badysis can help you judge whether your brain is healthy or not.

Researchers at the Seoul National University have discovered in their current research that there is an easy way to badess brain health. Through self-badysis, people can discover how healthy their brain is. The doctors published the results of their study in the English journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

How old are you?

If people feel younger than their true age suggests, this may be an indication of the general, according to experts.

Feeling Younger Have More Gray Matter in the Brain

By Scanning Brain Scans, Researchers have found that people who perceive themselves as younger have more gray matter in critical areas of the brain . This is considered a sign of a healthy brain. Gray matter fulfills many functions in the brain, including the purification of harmful substances and the transport of glucose, explain the doctors. The study also found that people who felt younger had better results in memory tests and less often depressive symptoms.

Structural Characteristics of a Younger Brain

From ages 59 to 84 asked how old they really are and how old they actually feel. The responses to this questionnaire were then compared to the brain scans of the participants. Author of the study Professor Jeanyung Chey of the Seoul National University explains that people who feel younger have the structural features of a younger brain.

Lifestyle and Activities Have a Major Impact on Perceived Age

Scientists have also found that a person who feels subjectively older than his or her actual age feels this way because of biological changes or lifestyle decisions. If a person feels older than she actually is, it can be a sign for the person to reconsider his lifestyle, habits and activities that could contribute to aging of the brain. Steps should be taken to improve brain health, advises Professor Chey.

The increase in perceived age may indicate serious problems

Older subjective age may also be an indicator of a more serious problem, according to the study. like the early stages of dementia, explain the experts. Awareness of one's subjective age is especially important as it can provide information about brain health. When people feel younger than their actual age and they lead an active lifestyle physically and mentally, a healthier brain results, doctors say. (As)