So-called normal agers lost volume in their cortex twice as fast as SuperAgers, a rare group of people aged 80 and above whose memories are as sharp as those of healthy persons decades younger, according to a new study. “Increasing age is often accompanied by ‘typical’ cognitive decline or, in some cases, more severe cognitive… Continue reading “Super Ager” Brains Maintain High Volume in The Cortex
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How “Super Aging” Older Adults Retain Youthful Memory Abilities
Some loss of memory is often considered an inevitable part of aging, but new research reveals how some people appear to escape that fate. A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators published in The Journal of Neuroscience in September 2016 examined a remarkable group of older adults whose memory performance is equivalent to that… Continue reading How “Super Aging” Older Adults Retain Youthful Memory Abilities