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Here's the age your ability to walk and talk starts to decline: study - msnNOW

Here's the age your ability to walk and talk starts to decline: study - msnNOW

Here's the age your ability to walk and talk starts to decline: study - msnNOW
Mar 22, 2023 55 secs

A new study has found the ability to juggle both tasks starts to diminish almost a decade earlier than previously thought, with researchers saying this struggle may be a warning sign of dementia.

“However, even in this relatively healthy cohort, when we asked participants to walk and perform a mental arithmetic task at the same time, we were able to observe subtle yet important changes in gait starting in the middle of the sixth decade of life.”

A new study has found the ability to walk and talk starts to diminish almost a decade earlier than previously thought.GettyResearchers observed 640 Spaniards trying to multitask between May 2018 and July 2020.

“The performance of dual-tasking, in the fields of neurology and aging, is an important marker of brain health,” Zhou explained.

Scientists found this function drops off by age 55 and should be “routinely monitored starting in middle age.” Getty Images/iStockphotoZhou noted there were some bright spots in the findings.

This means that dual-task walking performance does not necessarily decline as we get older and that some individuals appear more resistant to the effects of aging,” Zhou said.

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