Your brain needs exactly that much sex

Researchers from England's Coventry and Oxford universities found that older adults who have intercourse every week, better functioning brain functions, and are in research achieved more points on tests of their memory and fluency.

A study, which was published in The Journals of Gerontology, looked at 73 people, 28 men and 45 women, between the ages of 50 and 83. Each participant answered questions about their lifestyle and health and about how often, on average, they had sex in the last year – never, weekly, monthly. They also completed a standard test that measures different patterns of brain activity in older adults. The greatest attention was paid to attention, memory, fluency, language and visual-spatial functions.

Participants who are had sex weekly, scored well on tests of fluency and visual-spatial functions the highest results. In the first, they had to name as many animals as possible in 60 seconds, and in the second, they had to draw a wall clock from memory. In tests of attention, memory and language, those who had sex more often did not stand out from others.

The study was linked to 2016 survey, which found that older adults who were sexually active, achieved better results on cognitive tests than those who were inactive in bed. A researcher from Coventry University, Hayley Wright, explained to The Healthy portal that they are not sure whether the reason for the results lies in social or physical foundations, but with each study they are closer to understanding why this connection exists in the first place and what the reasons are mutual.

According to current knowledge, it is therefore necessary have sex weekly, if we want to list more animals than others in one minute and draw a wall clock in detail. You agree? 🙂