What is the secret of eight-year-olds whose brains are as alert as those of thirty-year-olds? “Super-seniors” in whom researchers hope to find the keys to combating age-related cognitive decline or pathologies such as Alzheimer’s. A Spanish study published in mid-July The Lancet Health Longevity, highlights some of the characteristics of these super-seniors. Specifically, they have a higher movement speed than others, a sign of better physical condition, or lower levels of anxiety and depression.
To conduct this observational study, researchers recruited 121 people from a cohort of patients who were followed over time to study Alzheimer’s disease. They included 55 people with “typical” memory for their age (average age 82) and 66 people defined as “super-aged”. This term, which has no real equivalent in French, was coined by the research center…
Source: Le Figaro
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