Tom's wife, Ann, married together for 39 years, has even more trouble. "She starts asking me where we are. It's as much the confusion as much as the memory."

That's the reason they've come to Leeza's Place in Pembroke Pines. They want to sharpen their minds with new activities.

Dr. Damon Salzman from The Memory Center at Memorial Hospital Pembroke says, "Brain cells actually continue to grow, even in adults," meaning older brains improve with new challenges.

That "use it or lose it" philosophy is the premise behind "Neurobic," a book of 83 brain boosting exercises.

"Neurobics" is a completely different way of conceptualizing the brain and what we can do to keep our brain healthy," said Dr. P.Murali Doraiswamy, a leading memory disorder specialist.

Duke University Medical Center is where "Neurobics" was developed. "The key thing about "Neurobics" is that it doesn't have to be stressful, it doesn't have to be boring and you can incorporate it into your day to day life and it can be fun."

"Neurobics" encourages people to take everyday activities and make them different. Like "brushin' roulette" - instead of brushing your teeth with your right hand, brush it with your left – it's harder than you think.

Eat dinner in the dark, using your sense of smell and taste, or choose your clothing with your eyes closed, using your sense of touch, and smell everything from flowers to food even if it smells foul.

Using the five senses in new ways releases brain growth factors and neurons start connecting. "One of the growth factors in the brain is called nerve growth factor, this is like a fertilizer for the brain," explained Dr. Doraiswamy. "The more "Neurobic" activities you do for the brain, the more connections are formed, and the more connections are formed the more reserve capacity you have."

So stay busy, but make sure you're busy breaking routines. Dr. Salzman said, "What I tell a lot of people is, that when you rest, you rust."

Experts say our sixth sense is emotion. That's important for "Neurobics", because when someone tags an event or memory to an emotion, then it's remembered much more.

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