Doing mental activities is helpful. Reading books and writing at any age may save memory, a new _____(1)finds.
The study was conducted by some American neurologists(神经病学家). It _____(2)294 people.
They were given _____(3)on memory and thinking. They had the tests once a year for six years. They were also asked to talk about their mental activities during childhood, in their youth, during middle age and at their _____(4)age.
Some of those people did mental activities both _____(5) and late in life .They had a slower_____(6)of decline in memory than the others. The others _____(7) did such activities. Their rate of decline in memory was 48%(8) _____.
“Mental activities like reading and writing are great. They _____(9)bring benefits. We shouldn’t _____(10)their effects on our children, ourselves and our parents,” said Robert Wilson, lead author of the study.