{"id":33679,"date":"2017-06-29T11:21:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=33679"},"modified":"2018-07-10T11:33:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T10:33:44","slug":"researchers-reveal-why-sx-is-good-for-older-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/researchers-reveal-why-sx-is-good-for-older-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCHERS REVEAL WHY S*X IS GOOD FOR OLDER COUPLES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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S*x comes with its health benefits, but various researches have found that it isn’t only beneficial to the younger couples but the older ones as well.<\/p>\n

More frequent s*xual activity has been linked to improved brain function in older adults, according to a study by the universities of Coventry and Oxford.<\/p>\n

Researchers found that people who engaged in more regular s*xual activity scored higher on tests that measured their verbal fluency and their ability to visually perceive objects and the spaces between them.<\/p>\n

To conduct the study, participants filled in a questionnaire on how often, on average, they had engaged in s*xual activity over the past 12 months — whether that was never, monthly or weekly — as well as answering questions about their general health and lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The 28 men and 45 women also took part in a standardized test, which is typically used to measure different patterns of brain function in older adults, focusing on attention, memory, fluency, language and visuospatial ability.<\/p>\n

The results suggested that frequency of s*xual activity was not linked to attention, memory or language. In these tests, the participants performed just as well regardless of whether they reported weekly, monthly or no s*xual activity.<\/p>\n

This study expanded on previous research from 2016, which found that older adults who were s*xually active scored higher on cognitive tests than those who were not s*xually active.<\/p>\n

Lead researcher Dr Hayley Wright, from Coventry University’s Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, said:<\/p>\n

“We 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.<\/p>\n

“Every time we do another piece of research we are getting a little bit closer to understanding why this association exists at all, what the underlying mechanisms are, and whether there is a ’cause and effect’ relationship between s*xual activity and cognitive function in older people.<\/p>\n

“People don’t like to think that older people have s*x — but we need to challenge this conception at a societal level and look at what impact s*xual activity can have on those aged 50 and over, beyond the known effects on s*xual health and general wellbeing.”<\/p>\n

The study involved 73 people aged between 50 and 83.<\/p>\n

The study was published in The Journals of Gerontology<\/strong><\/em>, Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n

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