article_snippet: A good sex life won’t just improve your mood, A good sex life could also boost your brainpower.
article_snippet: One possibility is that an active sex life keeps the brain young.
article_snippet: The researchers, from the Altrecht mental health centre, can’t be sure if staying sexually active was keeping the brain or if interest in sex dwindles as the mind fails.
article_snippet: However, previous research has credited having sex with the growth of new brain cells, in rats at least.
article_snippet: previous research has also been suggested that doing a crossword is better for the brain than an orgasm – because previous research gives the whole brain a workout, rather than just one area of the whole brain.
article_snippet: Researchers have found that rats can boost rats brain power by having more sex than normal .
highlights_snippet: University researchers found that sex in later life helps boost memory .
  