tamimio 3 hours ago This is totally anecdotal, but the very old people I met who happened to have strong memories had never drunk alcohol in their lives.
opan 8 hours ago >“What we realized is there are two mechanisms that lead someone to become a SuperAger,” Weintraub said. “One is resistance: they don’t make the plaques and tangles. Two is resilience: they make them, but they don’t do anything to their brains.”
matthewfcarlson 8 hours ago The title says what makes a superager. But the article does not say why someone has one of the two things that makes them a superager. dhosek 8 hours ago Likely because nobody knows.
This is totally anecdotal, but the very old people I met who happened to have strong memories had never drunk alcohol in their lives.
>“What we realized is there are two mechanisms that lead someone to become a SuperAger,” Weintraub said. “One is resistance: they don’t make the plaques and tangles. Two is resilience: they make them, but they don’t do anything to their brains.”
The title says what makes a superager. But the article does not say why someone has one of the two things that makes them a superager.
Likely because nobody knows.
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