Superagers

22nd Aug 2023

I was reading The Knowledge the other day. This I would suggest is a subject for our after walking football cup of hot chocolate.

Staying young

New research into “superagers” – anyone aged 70 to 85 who still enjoys the cognitive abilities of someone around 25 years younger – has found that alongside keeping active and being richer, two of the best things you can do are play music and get a divorce. While the Spanish brain boffins responsible for the study theorised that music practice may constitute a kind of cognitive workout, they were stumped on the benefits of being separated.

 

by Jonathan Yorke-Long