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 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 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 top-news
