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New research suggests individuals who carry out mental challenges and expand their knowledge throughout their lifetime are less likely to develop the brain injury often seen in cognitive decline.

A study by Dr William Jagust of the University of California appears in the Archives of Neurology and shows those who push themselves to stay sharp develop fewer protein deposits that are linked with Alzheimer's.

Using brain-imaging technology, the expert was able to see how brain-stimulating activities started in childhood and pursued throughout life help to keep the destructive beta amyloid protein from building up.

Susan Landau, a Berkeley researcher who worked on the study, said: "What our data suggests is that a whole lifetime of engaging in these activities has a bigger effect than being cognitively active just in older age."

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in the UK, with around 465,000 individuals suffering from the condition.

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