But how exactly does dance contribute to brain health?

It improves your cognitive skills and prepares your mind for learning. As you dance, your body sends blood to your brain, which supplies it with glucose and oxygen, which it needs to function well. According to a recent report, dancing causes your hippocampus and cerebral cortex to work better. As you think about what step you should take next, new neural pathways are created in the brain that improve the transmission of information. Dancing exercises your cognitive functions in many ways and improves mental health.

Dancing reduces the risk of dementia

Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, discovered that dancing not only makes you smarter, but also reduces the risk of dementia. The researchers studied men and women aged 75 and over and found that recreational activities have a huge impact on mental acuity, which normally declines as the years go by.  The study showed that 76% of people who often danced showed fewer signs of dementia, compared to other physical and cognitive activities.

Dancing reduces stress and depression

But the most important thing for me is that dancing, more than any other physical activity, increases serotonin and endorphins in the brain.  These hormones affect our mood and energy levels very much. When you dance your body naturally releases the hormones of joy, reducing stress and depression. No wonder my grandparents lived to 88 years old and 93 years old with no dementia.  They danced almost on the daily!

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