Super-Agers: Why do some old people seem so young?
And how we can become super-agers ourselves...
Hey folks,
We’re back with another episode of NO SUCH THING. This week, we’re talking about so-called “Super-Agers,” the term used to describe people who are at least 80 years old, but are still sharp as a tack.
Maury Povich. Joy Behar. Anthony Fauci. Bernie Sanders. Martha Stewart. There are a ton of octogenarians who are cognitively impressive. Of course, there are many who… aren’t. What differentiates these two groups?
A new study out of Northwestern endeavors to answer that question, and in today’s episode, we talked to one of the study’s authors, and to one of the super-agers in question.
Below are some of the clips we refer to in the episode, as well as the memory test I made Noah take.
Take the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test I made Noah do a version of (requires downloading an app).
And if you liked this episode, you might be interested in this one from a year ago:
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