“Super-Agers” Who Remember Everything at 80 Have These 4 Things in Common, Scientists Discover

Blowing out 100th birthday candles is a life achievement that a majority of us can only dream of. Reaching supercentenarian status is also a high milestone. But becoming a super-ager? Now that’s perhaps the most elite clique among the living. Super-Agers are known to have impeccable memory, better mental health, and more active lifestyles than their younger peers. Interested in joining this secret club? Researchers have just identified four things all Super-Agers have in common.

What is a “super-ager?”

Northwestern Medicine scientists define “super-agers” as adults older than 80, “who have the memory capacity of individuals who are at least three decades younger.”

Super-agers are “highly social” and have brains that “resist the buildup of Alzheimer’s-related plaques and tangles.”

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