Brain Health: Superaging

Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses brain health linked with what she descibes as 'Superaging'.  Most of the action in those that age well appears to occur in the midcingulate cortex and the anterior insula. Further reinforcing the idea of neural plasticity. The article suggests that "all brain tissue gets thinner from disuse" the age old quote thus applies "If you don’t use it, you lose it"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-become-a-superager.html?_r=2