NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Misplaced your keys? Can't place that face? Study findings suggest that you may be able to lessen the frequency of these "senior moments' simply by eating more fish. And the more fish you eat, the bigger the effect, according to research conducted in Norway.
Investigators found that elderly men and women who more frequently ate fish scored better on memory, visual conception, spatial motor skills, attention, orientation, and verbal fluency tests.
"All six cognitive tests were performed better by those who ate fish," principal author Dr. A. David Smith of the University of Oxford, UK, told Reuters Health. Furthermore, he added, the effect was stronger as fish consumption increased up to a limit of about 80 grams per day....