He manages his job and research work while also coauthoring books and traveling around the country to deliver lectures.
So were a good match.
What accounts for Smiths extraordinary mental capabilities as he nears 100?
Why is he thriving cognitively while so many of his contemporaries are grappling with physical and mental decline?
And what can we do to check that that our 90s and beyond are just as fulfilling?
Scientists and gerontologists are recruiting individuals who demonstrate remarkable memory and evaluating their physical health and their lifestyles.
Its a critical mystery to crack.
Today your body may make it to 100, but your brain poops out at 80.
Memory peaks between the ages of 30 and 40.
But the brains of super agers behave differently.
Indeed, by their mid-60s, super agers may already have a huge advantage over their peers.
An average 25-year-old can usually recall 14 of the words, and the average 75-year-old will remember nine.
But the super agers in the study remembered just as many words as the 25-year-olds.
Another study found similar results.
