Article in Telegraph: How orienteering could help in the fight against dementia

Shared by @Miffy via @craddocktaunton - an interesting article about orienteering in relation to dementia.

Orienteering could help battle dementia by exercising part of the brain that is increasingly neglected in the modern world, experts believe.

In a new study, researchers hypothesised that the physical and cognitive demands of orienteering could stimulate parts of the brain used by our ancient ancestors for hunting and gathering.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/mindandbody/how-orienteering-could-help-in-the-fight-against-dementia/ar-AA16zD1d

If you want to give your neurons a workout while exercising, there will be a map memory course to try at the Fyne Court JOG on March 4th :thinking: :running_woman: :running_man: