India, March 10 -- A study involving approximately 37,000 people suggests that having children may help slow brain aging.
Researchers at Rutgers University and Yale University in the U.S. conducted the study, which indicated that parenthood plays a "protective role" in maintaining brain function in mid-to-late life.
Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study reveals that each additional child a parent has is linked to improved brain connectivity, counteracting the typical decline seen in middle and late adulthood. This effect was particularly notable in brain areas responsible for movement and sensation.
"Parenting more children is associated with higher brain-wide functional connectivity, especially in n...