Taka Update October 31, 2012
Fish
delivery and more
It’s been bad for a while. But new tuna is coming today.
I am expecting this tuna. Sushi Day is tomorrow and need good tuna for Sushi
lovers.I also get fresh Katsuo, Bonito. We sold well last night. Uni also comes
today.
I changed some fish deliveries. Tachi Uo and Aka Mutsu
are Tuesday delivery.
SUSHI
DAY is coming tomorrow.!
Our traditional event is coming on November 1st,
National SUSHI DAY. It is tomorrow. I have a lot of Japanese fish for you.
Weight
Control and Golf
It was very cold and
windy Sunday but I played golf and was bad decision. My score was terrible. I
did not remember well. Weight control is not
bad, not good. It is 172lbs this morning.
Musicians' Brains Might Have an Edge on Aging
Study found seniors with musical training outperformed
others on thinking, memory tests.
It's been said
that music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, but if you're the one
playing it might benefit your brain.
A growing body of evidence suggests that learning to play an
instrument and continuing to practice and play it may offer mental benefits
throughout life. Hearing has also been shown to be positively affected by
making music.
The latest study, published in the July issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, shows that musical
instrument training may reduce the effects of mental decline associated with
aging. The research found that older adults who learned music in childhood and
continued to play an instrument for at least 10 years outperformed others in
tests of memory and cognitive ability.
It also revealed that sustaining musical activity during
advanced age may enhance thinking ability, neutralizing any negative impact of
age and even lack of education. It's unclear, however, whether starting an
instrument in adulthood provides any mental advantages.
"Behaviors can change your brain," said study author
Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, an assistant professor of neurology, radiology and imaging
sciences at Emory University, in Atlanta.
The study confirms and refines findings from previous research
published April 2011 in the journal Neuropsychology.
In childhood, when the brain is still developing, it seems that
learning a musical instrument and continuing to play it for at least a decade
or more may lay the groundwork for benefits later in life, Hanna-Pladdy said.
But it's also valuable to then pick up the instrument in middle age and start
playing again, she noted.
In this study, 70 musicians and non-musicians aged 59 to 80 were
evaluated by neuropsychological tests and surveyed about general lifestyle
activities. The musicians scored higher on tests of mental acuity,
visual-spatial judgment, verbal memory and recall, and motor dexterity.
Hanna-Pladdy, a flutist, became interested in studying the
impact of music education on the brain through her study of people with skilled
movement disorders, such as those who had suffered a stroke. She realized that
music could be a natural way to offer multi-sensory stimulation, an effective
way to treat such disorders. She then became interested in learning more about
the actual effect of musical training on the brain.
Why study music education as opposed to calculus or history? One
reason is that evaluating the impact of music education is relatively easy
because most people can specifically quantify the number of years they studied
an instrument, Hanna-Pladdy said. It's also simpler to quantify the time spent
playing music than hours devoted to other activities, such as crossword
puzzles, reading or playing games. "Musical activity requires years of
practice and is a challenging cognitive exercise," she said.
Cheryl Grady, a senior scientist at the Rotman Research
Institute at Baycrest Centre, in Toronto, said the research confirms what has
been known for some time: Education can help protect against cognitive decline
in older adults.
Grady pointed out that it remains unclear what is actually
causing the beneficial effect. "We still don't know that much about what
actually happens in the brain. My hunch is that in terms of these results, it
has to do with the practicing, the continued stimulation of the brain," she
said.
She has studied the impact of learning a second language on the
brain, which Grady said is related to the need to inhibit one language system
when speaking, reading or thinking in the other. The mental process required to
play a musical instrument may work in the same way as juggling dual languages
to strengthen the connections in your brain over time, she noted.
The bottom line boils down to something simple: "Use it or
lose it, or lose it less quickly," Grady said.
While the study found an association between musical activity
and staying mentally sharp, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
More information Visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine for more on cognitive impairment.
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