超级老人：记忆力的秘密

“It’s not just about being dealt a lucky hand or an unlucky hand” Neurologist Emily Rogalski studies “superagers” – people in their 80s or 90s with unusually keen memories. She tells Alexandra Thompson the secrets she has gleaned to keeping your brain sharp in old age A S YOU age, your memory will likely decline. Your ability to recall where you parked the car or the name of your first teacher will be less sharp in your 80s than in your 50s, if you’re in the majority of people. But a small pool of individuals in their 80s and beyond don’t experience this downturn: they have a memory that rivals that of people decades younger. …