health and more _7_ stress response

health and more _7_ stress response.The June study _8_ determine whether _9_ aspects of openness better predicted (forecast) survival rates than overall openness, using data on more than 1,000 older men _10_ between 1990 and 2008. The researchers found that only creativity—not intelligence or overall openness—decreased _11_ risk. One possible reason creativity is protective _12_ health is because it _13_ a variety of neural networks within the brain, says study author Nicholas Turiano, now at the University of Rochester Medical Center. “Individuals high in creativity _14_ the integrity of their neural networks even into old age,” Turiano says—a _15_ supported by a January study from Yale University that _16_ openness with the robustness of study subjects’ white matter, which supports _17_ between neurons in different parts of the brain._18_the brain is the command center for all bodily functions, _19_ it helps all systems to continue running smoothly. “Keeping the brain healthy may be one of the most important aspects of aging successfully—a fact _20_ by creative persons living longer in our study,” Turiano says. [298 words]