Exercise keeps the brain healthy.

Hello guys,i agree with you that exercise is the main factor to sharp th mind but i ccan ask one thing to you which exercise is the most authentic for the brain???because i think every exercise is not good for the brain point of view..

Ana I think they email you in a year's time and ask you to do the test again.
I haven't had any junk from them since I did the test.
I am normally quite suspicious of things - I filled in one questionnaire which seemed to be promising skin cream samples, only to get to the end and be asked to pay £65 for a jar of skin cream. I exited that one pretty quickly.
But as far as I can see Food for the Brain is a genuine organisation carrying out on-going research, aiming to build an evidence base to help in early diagnosis and management of dementia.

I haven't done the test because I didn't want to give my personal details. What do they do with them?

During the 90 minute assessment with Michael, his cheerful up-beat manner made it very easy to relax and give of my best

With much trepidation I took the test and came out above the norm for my advanced age. Would have done better if I had used a mouse - I lied about that as my remote mouse isn't working very well!

I think different types of test probably suit different people. IYSWIM.

I got 'must try harder'.

I have just done the www.foodforthebrain.org test mentioned by janea and got a reasonable result. Its scary though when you run out of time and think you have failed to answer many of the questions or find you can't remember which row something was in.

I was interested to note that there was mention that certain types of dyslexia may affect the performance on some tests.
Although I could always read well this is the story of my schooling problems. I was always considered bright by the IQ tests as at the 11+. but was never able to function as well as I should have done.
I was given a dyslexia assessment by the OU when I was 50ish which showed some very specific cognitive processing issues that do affect my performance in writing and visual memory etc.

If I get called for a memory test I will remember to take that assessment with me.
We all seem to have those senior moments. I reckon its because our brains are so full of brilliant ideas the mundane stuff gets pushed to the back.

Jendurham, I made a fine job of burning out a pan when I was about 27 - boiling some liver for the cats. You could smell it a mile away.

Oh that would prove you were a nutter, Jeni - I wouldn't do that... or you could be living with rubber wallpaper...

The best of luck to them if they try to test me! I'd probably hit them!

Last year my husband had to do these tests, called the Addenbrookes test.
The neuro rehab consultant said he could not see anything wrong with his memory, but gave him another appointment in 6 months time.
A week after that test he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
At the time of the test he could not remember his phone number, his address, the name of the PM. He could remember his own name, and date of birth but that was about it.
I am looking forward to when they want to test me!

Oh, dear! I've been so busy reading this that I forgot that I'd put some apples on to stew. Pan burnt. My brother in law wants to put his mother in a home because she's done that before. She's 90, I'm 63. Not much hope for me!

I would refuse it.

That sounds like a bit of fun! I shall look forward to it. Muyst remember not to pretend to be ga-ga, drooling and going 'Duh!' - they would probably believe me, and take away my car keys!

shysal, I am so glad my GP didn't do that to me this morning! Are we going to have the right to refuse such a test?

shysal

I see in the Telegraph that all over 65s are to be given a memory test each time they visit their GP or nurse. That is if they remember to attend the appointment!

Grannylin Titter...little tinker boots...there are many of us in the GN gang.

There's nothing wrong with you soop, you little tinker(wonder where I got that expressionxx)

Ha ha! It's true...I've had the company of a many a nice young man. Michael was charming. He's also a big fan of Gransnet. He'll be back in four months. Sigh! [flutter of eye lashes]

Great news soop. You do manage to get the nice young men, don't you? I seem to remember tales of nice young male nurses holding your hand...

Delighted to hear the good news soop. Keep hanging on in there and bringing us news of your house plans.

So happy for you Soop well done

Such good news soop I knew you would be ok,now you can concentrate on designing your house....raise your glass with lovely *mr soop*xxxxxxlove nellie