…Quite a lot according to this item in the San Francisco Chronicle.
“Workout’s Benefits: Tai Chi, the martial art that has become popular as a gentle mind-body workout, may have another benefit: helping to increase the size of the brain. That, scientists hope, could unlock a clue to staving off and even preventing dementia. Chinese seniors who practiced Tai Chi three time a week increased their brain volumes and scores on tests of memory and thinking, according to a study by scientists from the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.”
