2023-07-30 14:51:25
By Anne Prigent
Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 57 minutes ago
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DECRYPTION – Spanish researchers have observed differences in lifestyle that could explain how the brains of “super-seniors” age well.
What is the secret of octogenarians whose brains are as alert as those thirty years younger? “Super-seniors” in whom researchers hope to find the keys to combating cognitive decline linked to age or pathologies such as Alzheimer’s. A Spanish study, published mid-July In The Lancet Health Longevity, highlights some characteristics of these super-seniors. In particular, they have a higher movement speed than the others, a marker of better physical shape, or lower levels of anxiety and depression.
To conduct this observational study, the researchers recruited 121 people from a cohort of patients followed over time to study Alzheimer’s disease. They included 55 people with a “typical” memory for their age (82 years on average) and 66 people defined as “super-agers”. This term, which has no real equivalent in French, was invented by a research center…
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