The hypothesis is that the more stimulating your environment is ... the more you're increasing the complexity of the brain, the more you can afford to lose, you're building a buffer. Catherine Carey More Quotes by Catherine Carey More Quotes From Catherine Carey There's promising evidence coming out to support what a lot of crafters have known anecdotally for quite some time, and that's that creating -- whether it be through art, music, cooking, quilting, sewing, drawing, photography (or) cake decorating -- is beneficial to us in a number of important ways. Catherine Carey top-news Dopamine, in and of itself, is our natural anti-depressant, any time we can find a nonmedicinal way to stimulate that reward center ... the better off we're going to be. Catherine Carey top-news The natural next step is to study other activities -- not just memory, cognitive tests, what about crafting activities? Something people do naturally because they're enjoyable. Catherine Carey top-news
