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Katy Cowan | Getting Older Isn’t What You Think

www.katycowan.co.uk
2025-05-07T21:59:57.760Z
aging life

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Getting older isn’t a bad thing. It’s when things get interesting. But no matter how old you are, stay curious. That’s the only thing worth clinging to.

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Brain training reverses age-related cognitive decline « KurzweilAI

www.kurzweilai.net
2010-07-21T13:46:15.000Z
brain health aging imported:pinboard

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"Intense auditory brain training targeted at the regions of a rat’s brain that process sound reversed many aspects of normal, age-related cognitive decline and improved the health of the brain cells, according to a new study from researchers at University of California, San Francisco."

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Experts: Middle Age is Depressing | LifeTwo

lifetwo.com
2008-02-11T06:14:18.000Z
depression middleage via:yahooza aging imported:pinboard

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"The good news, and this was true across almost all 80 countries in the study, is that if you make it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, your are on average as "happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year old.""

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The Gaming Generation: Finding Time for Gaming, Even as an Adult from 1UP.com

www.1up.com
2007-01-02T23:09:36.000Z
gaming aging adulthood imported:pinboard

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"the first generation to grow up with videogames is all grown up"

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Toward Immortality: The Social Burden of Longer Lives - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com
2006-05-23T20:15:39.000Z
posthumanity aging health medicine imported:pinboard

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"Notions about marriage, family and work will change in fundamental ways, they say, as will attitudes toward the young and the old."

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Elderbloggers Stake Their Claim - New York Times

www.nytimes.com
2006-04-12T04:22:41.000Z
aging metablogging imported:pinboard

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"With a breadth of experience and perspective, older bloggers are staking out a place in the blogosphere a medium overwhelmingly dominated by the young."

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globeandmail.com : Better living through video games?

www.theglobeandmail.com
2006-02-13T00:26:05.000Z
gaming psychology health aging imported:pinboard

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"Canadian researchers are finding evidence that the high-speed, multitasking of the young and wireless can help protect their brains from aging."

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Mental declines can be reversed | Science Blog

www.scienceblog.com
2005-09-18T16:26:33.000Z
cogsci aging health imported:pinboard

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"a researcher at the University of Alberta says most people have the ability to reverse the mental declines that come with aging."

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