Feeling Younger Than Your Age Could Be a Good Sign for Your Brain Health, Scans Suggest
According to new research, there could be another secret to keeping your brain youthful, and it's all to do with your mindset.
According to new research, there could be another secret to keeping your brain youthful, and it's all to do with your mindset.
Jeanyung Chey from Seoul National University in Korea wanted to investigate the link between subjective and real brain age. She and a team recruited 68 healthy people aged 59 to 84 years and performed MRI brain scans to analyse the amount of grey matter in different areas.
The participants also completed a questionnaire about how old they were and whether they felt older or younger, and their cognitive abilities and perceived health were also assessed.
The people who said they felt younger than their age were more likely to get a better score on a memory test. Also, they appeared to consider themselves more healthy, and were less likely to be depressed.
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