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24.01.2022 Keep up the good work!

11.01.2022 Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, professor of psychology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote a fascinating article for The New York Times about ...a study of superagers. Superagers are people whose biological age is more than 80 but who are no different from 25-year-olds in brain functions such as memory and concentration. * What areas of the brains of superagers are activated more than those of ordinary seniors? Study findings indicate that the areas that handle emotion or sentiment, not those involved with cognition or thinking, are the ones that are most activated, contradicting what common sense would have us expect. What can we do, then, to keep these areas of the brain as active as when we were young? Keep doing difficult tasks, whether mental or physical, Barrett suggests. * A high level of activity in these areas of the brain causes us to feel negative emotions such as tiredness and frustration. These are the feelings we get when we wrestle with a difficult math problem or push ourselves to our physical limits during exercise. We may develop uncomfortable weariness of body and mind when we have to focus intensely mentally, but we can develop our mental muscles to give ourself a sharper memory and more powerful focus. * It’s important not to leave our brain in its default state, doing what it’s always done, but instead constantly give it new tasks and stimulation.Usually, once they’re old, people don’t stimulate their brains much. From the brain’s perspective, it’s as if its boss doesn’t inspire it to work hard. A basic principle of the brain’s operation is that it improves when stimulated and declines without stimulation. Hopes and dreams are the greatest stimuli we can give our brains. Our brains are highly active when our lives have purpose, direction, and plans. * Seniors can no longer use age as an excuse, claiming that a rusty brain keeps them from doing or learning something new. Our brains are able to learn until the final moments of our lives.However, learning doesn’t happen smoothly without repetition and practice, no matter how flexible or good at learning our brains may be. * We must have the will to keep experiencing and learning new things, and we must work through the irritating repetition and difficulties we face in the process of learning. And we need to remember that the decades we’re given after we retire provide us with plenty of time to achieve something through constant repetition and training, even things we have never done before. * May this find you well & inspire . #superagers #alzheimers #dementia (Excerpt from, I've Decided to Live 120 Years: The Ancient Secret to Longevity, Vitality, and Life Transformation by ilchi Lee)