A recent study found (sorry I don't have the link handy), that the top factor in "super agers", adults in their 80s who have the memory and cognitive abilities of people in their 50s and 60s, is the number and frequency of social connections they have.
Isolation is bad for our brains.
Or are they more social because they still have high cognitive abilities?
It was NPR
I know this to be true. I watched it happen to my own father. Thank you for shedding light on this important subject.
Stay social
I’m closing in on 80 and thrive on being alone. That been my choice since I retired at 65. Too many people for too long. There are many factors that affect cognitive abilities, including hearing loss.
ITA! 💪💯🙇♀️🤗🤔💡
It's almost like we're an incredibly social species that has found success in banding together to face predators successfully and have reached an apex/decadence phase in our place in the world where we are comfortable rejecting that underlying premise of our rise to dominance.
i need to hire a brain walker while i'm sleeping
"I've been on me own for three million years and I'm just used to saying what I think. I think I've gone a bit peculiar to tell you the truth." - Holly, Red Dwarf.
every so often I see a news story about programs to pair up college students with seniors so they can socialize and help each other. Students need housing and seniors need company and activity.
Then you have to ask, what about people who are never alone? The dogs, cats, husbands, and wives. Someone is always there.🤣
if I have to be around other people, I'd rather be dead. Live your best life, which doesnt mean longest life, at least for me.
Superager here, I'm 104. The causality is reversed, as is common. If you have good memory and brain functioning people will tolerate you. If not they walk away.
Isolation is bad for old people, sadly they often have little choice.
Unless you’re an introvert
