Are brain aging and cognitive decline ineluctable? Maybe not. Growing research is helping identify “SuperAgers” whose brains at 80+ appear as young as the brains of people in their 50s.
What the latest SuperAgers study found
In a recent paper, researchers defined SuperAgers as people over 80 whose memory performance was at least as good as average 50- to 65-year-old’s performance. 36 participants [Read more…] about Attention: Why do SuperAgers Maintain Memory and a Thick Cortex?