Stories with Impact
SuperAging Canada Research
Our researchers analyze physiological and behavioural markers of aging. The data is collected continuously using wearable mechano-acoustic biosensors, within the home environment, over extended time periods.
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SuperAging Core Project
This Master Observational Trial is a non-randomized, natural history, non-treatment study led by faculty from the Unversity of Chicago.
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SuperAging Project 1
Researchers involved in this project are examining how SuperAging is affected by physical activity, life-space mobility, sleep and social engagement.
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SuperAging Participant Information
Find out what it is like to participate in the SuperAging studies. Explore inclusion and exclusion criteria, timelines and what to expect when you get involved.
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News and Updates
'Superagers' reveal how to stay sharp as you get older
Morry Kernerman, an accomplished violin prodigy, commits YouTube recordings of classical music to memory, hikes in a hilly ravine with his son and volunteers to teach music in South America. He is preparing to celebrate his 101st birthday next week. The Toronto resident is what's known as a superager, someone 80 or up who retains the memory abilities of those in their 40s or 50s.
- What advice would you give your younger self? These Toronto seniors offer age-tested wisdom
- Western researchers unlocking secrets to healthy aging
- They weren’t looking for love in their 70s, but their late-in-life romance may just have prolonged their lives
- Cover Story: Inside the Brains of Super Agers
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We acknowledge that Western University is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek (Ah-nish-in-a-bek), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-no-show-nee), Lūnaapéewak (Len-ahpay- wuk) and Attawandaron (Add-a-won-da-run) peoples, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum. This land continues to be home to diverse Indigenous peoples (e.g. First Nations, Métis and Inuit) whom we recognize as contemporary stewards of the land and vital contributors of our society.
