Superager behalten bis ins 80. Lebensjahr und darüber hinaus einen scharfen Verstand und widersprechen damit der Vorstellung, dass ein kognitiver Verfall mit zunehmendem Alter unvermeidlich sei. Eine 25-jährige Studie dieser beneidenswerten Wenigen enthüllt nun einige Besonderheiten ihrer zugrunde liegenden Neurologie.
https://www.sciencealert.com/?p=178196
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Needs a better term. I can’t help but read it as „super ragers“ like there’s a group of violent octogenarians raising hell somewhere.
What else is amazing is that none of the participants in the study were part of the United States government
“High extroversion” is a trait….well there goes my chances of joining the justice league of Super Agers.
My father was a child of the Depression and a farmer. He was also a malignant narcissist. Lived to 100, stayed mentally sharp until about 95.
Brain-fog COVID and a broken hip finally sent him to long-term care at 100. He died a few months later, convinced he was fighting in WW2.
Was cognitive decline ever assumed? I always thought that degenerative diseases just got more common as you age. Wouldn’t a healthy 100 y/o have a sharp mind?
Seems like being fluent in as many languages as possible might help with keeping the outer layer of your brain active, engaged and healthy, which is associated with language use. Use it or lose it prevails I guess.