As science advances and the baby boomers continue to grow older there is a switch happening in the science world. Instead of focusing on things that are causing memory loss, and other cognitive aging they have now switched the discover ways to increase and protect individuals memory and ability to “think”. So far there are two things linking to maintaining a greater “brain” as you age, one you can help with exercise and they other they are finding is that people are born with more neurons than the average person.
Key Takeaways:
- Resistance to age-related decline can be studied by focusing on “SuperAgers”: people over 80 with memory as good as healthy 50- or 60-year-olds.
- The brains of SuperAgers have thicker anterior cingulate cortexes than those of normal people.
- Being a SuperAger is persistent: people identified as such retain their exceptional mental abilities for at least 18 months, and further study will reveal how much longer that can persist.
“Definitions of successful aging vary widely, but “SuperAger” has a very specific meaning: a person age 80 or older with memory performance equal to or even better than healthy people in their 50s and 60s.”
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