Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Leaving education early could raise your risk of dementia - lowers 'cognitive reserve'
msn.comdementia with getting older. The term refers to a group of symptoms associated with the continuous decline of the brain. Although you are more likely to develop the condition the older you are, there are lifestyle factors in your early life that can have an impact.
Dementia prevents the brain cells - or neurons - from functioning properly, which affects memory, thoughts and speech. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia and Lewy body dementia.
According to the Alzheimer's Society, one risk factor of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia is a lowered cognitive reserve.
The charity explains: "'Cognitive reserve' is a person's ability to cope with disease in their brain. It is built up by keeping the brain active over a person's lifetime. READ MORE: Woman's panic as she gives birth 24 hours after discovering she was pregnant"The more cognitive reserve a person has, the longer it takes for any diseases in their brain to cause problems with everyday tasks. "This means people with a larger cognitive reserve can delay the start of dementia symptoms for a longer period of time. "People with a smaller cognitive reserve are at a higher risk of getting dementia in their lifetime. "One "important" factor that can lead to a smaller cognitive reserve is leaving education early. "A person who left school at an early age is more likely to have a smaller cognitive reserve than a person who stayed in full-time education for longer or who continued learning throughout their life," the organisation says.
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