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They weren’t looking for love in their 70s, but their late-in-life romance may just have prolonged their lives
September 14, 2024
Research suggests love in older age can boost health by combating loneliness. Science shows loneliness leads to a higher risk for falls, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and shorter lifespans.
Cover Story: Inside the Brains of Super Agers
AARP Bulletin , November 01, 2023
Some people 90+ have the memory, thinking skills and zest for life of people decades younger. Researchers are starting to figure out why—and how more of us can age the same way.
Study finds more clues as to why ‘SuperAgers’ have better brains
CNN , July 13, 2023
SuperAgers,” people in their 80s with brains as sharp as those in the 40s and 50s, are more active and in better mental shape than typical older adults, study says.
How to Become A Super Ager
Discover Magazine , June 05, 2023
Scientists are seeking to unlock the secrets behind the younger brains of super agers. The brains of super agers offer some clues about how these people stay sharp while so many of their age cohort suffer various forms of cognitive decline.
First Canadian "SuperAgers" Looked at by Western University
CBC News , April 28, 2023
Well into their 80s, 90s and beyond, "SuperAgers" are individuals who show exceptional cognitive aging. It's part of new research being looked at at Western University, which is showing that these individuals also happen to possess genes that improve memory and steer away from dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. Lead researcher Angela Roberts explains her findings with host Allison Devereaux.
Researcher leads first-ever study of Canadian ‘SuperAgers’
Western News , April 21, 2023
Angela Roberts, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Computer Science, is studying ‘SuperAgers’ to help unlock mysteries around the human brain and its aging processes.
‘SuperAgers’ have memories similar to those 20 to 30 years younger. Here’s how
Fortune , March 18, 2023
Research shows a fortunate cohort of older adults seems to escape the type of memory-related brain decline historically associated with aging, at least according to their brain scans: introducing the SuperAgers.
SuperAgers -- who are they, are you one, and can you become one?
KSL NewsRadio , December 02, 2022
What makes a person a “SuperAger“? They are men and women older than 80 with the mental faculties of people decades younger. The term SuperAger was coined by Northwestern SuperAging Research Program, which has been studying the elderly with superior memories for 14 years.
Secrets of 'SuperAgers' who possess brains as sharp as people 20 to 30 years younger
CNN , November 27, 2022
Are you destined to become a 'SuperAger,” with a memory as sharp in your 80s as it was in your 50s? Here’s what science knows about those who keep their ability to remember as they age.
Giant “Super Neurons” Discovered in SuperAger Brains
SciTechDaily , October 02, 2022
Post-mortem brains of SuperAgers reveal significantly larger neurons in memory region. These larger neurons are a biological signature of SuperAging trajectory. They are even larger than those in individuals 20 to 30 years younger and they do not have tau tangles that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
SuperAger brains contain 'super neurons'
Northwestern Now , September 30, 2022
Neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory — known as the entorhinal cortex — were significantly larger in SuperAgers compared to cognitively average peers, individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and even individuals 20 to 30 years younger than SuperAgers, who are aged 80 years and older, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
'SuperAgers' have bigger brain cells than the average 80-year-old, study reveals
Study Finds , September 30, 2022
A team from Northwestern University says neurons responsible for memory are larger in "SuperAgers" than in people who are 20 to 30 years younger. They lie in a region known as the entorhinal cortex and could hold the key to preventing Alzheimer’s.
SuperAger study expands nationally with $20 million grant
Northwestern Now , October 01, 2021
Northwestern Medicine’s SuperAger research on adults over 80 years old with superior memory capacity will expand beyond its Chicago roots to include sites across the United States and one in Canada.
The Neuroscience of Superaging and Youthful Memory Power
Psychology Today , September 26, 2019In 2012, Marsel Mesulam of Northwestern University published a landmark paper that explored the brain architecture associated with age-defying youthful memory capacity in a handful of 80+ year-olds who seemed to have freakishly good powers of memory. Mesulam is credited with coining the term "superaging" and "superagers."
Superagers' youthful brains offer clues to keeping sharp
CBC , February 23, 2018It's pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these "superagers" to uncover their secret.
