Brain exercises can improve your memory by a considerable period, a study reported.

Researchers have discovered that doing the right kind of brain exercises can slow down the inferior quality of the mind.

Dr Elizabeth Zelinski, lead researcher said, "Doing the properly designed cognitive activities can actually enhance abilities as you age."

Researchers came to the decision after examining a group of 65-plus people who exercised their mind with a brain revitalisation computer programme.

"The group that relied on cranial calisthenics showed significantly superior improvements in standardised clinical measures of memory gains of approximately 10 years. The changes we saw in the experimental group were remarkable and significantly larger than the gains in the control group.”

"From a researcher’s point of view, this was very impressive - people got better at the tasks trained, those improvements generalised to various standardised measures of memory, and people perceived improvements in their lives." Dr. Elizabeth Zelinski stated.

Earlier studies have shown that people who solve puzzles and jigsaws keep their brain agile.