{"id":818,"date":"2026-11-01T07:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/how-to-improve-your-memory-10-easy-enjoyable-expert-tips-from-reading-a-book-to-getting-more-sleep-ageing-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T07:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:12:28","slug":"how-to-improve-your-memory-10-easy-enjoyable-expert-tips-from-reading-a-book-to-getting-more-sleep-ageing-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/how-to-improve-your-memory-10-easy-enjoyable-expert-tips-from-reading-a-book-to-getting-more-sleep-ageing-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve your memory: 10 easy, enjoyable expert tips \u2013 from reading a book to getting more sleep | Ageing | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cThe best way to improve your memory is to keep your brain active by learning new things and engaging in cognitively stimulating activities,\u201d says Barbara Sahakian, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. \u201cFind something that you would enjoy, but haven\u2019t tried yet,\u201d she says, suggesting chess, a new language or instrument. In 1995, Sahakian published an article in the British Medical Journal with Martin Orrell, emphasising the need to learn new things to reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s \u2013 in other words \u201cuse it or lose it\u201d. \u201cKeeping our brains active through learning and remembering, we drive the neural circuits and keep them functioning better for longer,\u201d she says.<br \/>\n\u2014 Read on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/nov\/01\/how-to-improve-your-memory-10-easy-enjoyable-expert-tips-from-reading-a-book-to-getting-more-sleep\">www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/nov\/01\/how-to-improve-your-memory-10-easy-enjoyable-expert-tips-from-reading-a-book-to-getting-more-sleep<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe best way to improve your memory is to keep your brain active by learning new things and engaging in cognitively stimulating activities,\u201d says Barbara Sahakian, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. \u201cFind something that you would enjoy, but haven\u2019t tried yet,\u201d she says, suggesting chess, a new language or instrument. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,177],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-memory","tag-mental-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}