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Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff

The Guardian Society Health · 6 September 2026 at 16:00

Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff

In his new book The Brain Cliff, Dr Norman Swan outlines the science of brain ageing and strategies for staving off cognitive decline You write that instead of fearing cognitive decline, “changing the way you think about the brain cliff can literally change the way you think and remember”.

How? Dr Norman Swan: There are three things you need to know which are not widely known.

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Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff

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