Ummm… Old ones, in case you are worrying about your brains getting less sharp, scientists say to tell you that more sex in old age may do the magic.
The scientists who are from Coventry University and the University of Oxford in the UK have even gone further to indicate that much sexual activity as you go further in age, you will enjoy greater mental abilities.
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According to a discovery they made, those who engage in weekly sexual activity have been found to perform best when it comes to verbal fluency and overall cognition. Nevertheless, having that night time has not been linked with increased attention, memory, or language.
Published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences, the study was carried out looking at the sex lives of up to 73 people aged between 50 and 83. Questions on their sexual patterns based on frequency and other aspects of their lifestyle and health were asked.
The result gotten was paired with a well-established test used to assess attention, memory, fluency, language, visuospatial ability, and general brainpower of older adults.
Importantly, there were no significant differences in age, education, cardiovascular health, marital status, or quality of life of those involved in the study.
Coventry University seems to be very interested in sex for older people. In a separate study carried out in 2016, researchers from the University found that older men’s sexual activity levels were linked to higher scores of word-recall and number sequencing tests.
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With this work, the researchers are hoping more works would be done to uncover the role of certain neurotransmitters and hormones, such as dopamine and oxytocin, which could explain the relationship between sexual activity and brain function.
In a statement, a lead researcher from Coventry University’s Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour, and Achievement, Dr. Hayley Wright said they “can only speculate whether this is driven by social or physical elements, but an area we would like to research further is the biological mechanisms that may influence this.”
With more of such research, researchers can get even more closer than they are to understanding if there is a cause and effect’ relationship between sexual activity and cognitive function in older people.
“People don’t like to think that older people have sex – but we need to challenge this conception at a societal level and look at what impact sexual activity can have on those aged 50 and over, beyond the known effects on sexual health and general wellbeing,” Wright added.
