'super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age

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'super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age

Maybe you have an 85-year-old grandfather who still whips through the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning or a 94-year-old aunt who never forgets a name or a face. They don't seem to suffer the ravages of memory that beset most people as they age.

Researchers wondered if the brains of the elderly with still laser sharp memory -- called "super aged" -- were somehow different than everyone else's. So, instead of the usual approach in which scientists explore what goes wrong in a brain when older people lose their memory, they investigated what goes right in an aging brain that stays nimble.


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Re: 'super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age

Dat is nou ook wat

ipv een super memory brain at age 90

heb ik tijdens mijn geboorteperiode precies het tegenovergestelde

door Fetal Korsakoff-syndrome zijn mijn

hersencellen al pre-nataal afgebroken en

heb ik dus GEEN kort geheugen

waardoor ik te lang moet nadenken

en de mensen denken dat ik dom ben

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