Diligently sticking to old routines may feel comfortable, but for your brain, it might be the idle option, and could increase your chances of dementia.
“Habit is so ingrained in our biology that it is mediated by a separate brain system,” said leading neuroscientist Raymond Dolan, a professor of neuropsychiatry at University College London.
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