{"id":194873,"date":"2026-03-11T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/super-agers-brains-stay-young-into-old-age-new-research-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-why\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:00:14","slug":"super-agers-brains-stay-young-into-old-age-new-research-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/super-agers-brains-stay-young-into-old-age-new-research-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Super-agers\u2019 brains stay young into old age. New research brings us closer to understanding why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/super-agers-brains-stay-young-into-old-age-new-research-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-why-277919\">Super-agers\u2019 brains stay young into old age. New research brings us closer to understanding why<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/super-agers-brains-stay-young-into-old-age-new-research-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-why-277919\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/super-agers-brains-stay-young-into-old-age-new-research-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-why-277919<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-11 12:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Super-agers&#8221; are individuals over 80 years old with the cognitive memory of someone half their age.<\/li>\n<li>Despite typical brain aging processes, super-agers exhibit remarkably well-preserved cerebral cortices and cingulate cortices.<\/li>\n<li>Although not necessarily highly intelligent or academic achievers, super-agers generally display high energy, a clear sense of purpose, and active social lives.<\/li>\n<li>The presence of neurofibrillary tangles, typically harmful to memory, does not impact super-agers&#8217; memories due to genetic factors like the APOE2 gene variant.<\/li>\n<li>Super-agers&#8217; brains continue to generate neurons throughout life, specifically in areas such as the hippocampus, which is crucial for memory and learning.<\/li>\n<li>Lifestyle, including mental activity, diet, and exercise, plays a role in brain health and can influence the brain&#8217;s capacity to generate and maintain resilient neurons.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the reasons behind super-agers&#8217; brain resilience could potentially lead to new methods for preserving cognitive health in aging populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super-agers\u2019 brains stay young into old age. New research brings us closer to understanding why&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/722839\/original\/file-20260303-69-9eebs4.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C480%2C5759%2C2879&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194875,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194873\/revisions\/194875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}