February 3, 2015

SUPERAGER BRAINS YIELD NEW CLUES TO THEIR REMARKABLE MEMORIES




(Feb.3, '15)  Brains of cognitively elite look distinctly different than their elderly peers

SuperAgers, aged 80 and above, have distinctly different looking brains than those of normal older people, according to new Northwestern Medicine® research that is beginning to reveal why the memories of these cognitively elite elders don’t suffer the usual ravages of time.