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In the largest observational study to date on “SuperAgers” — people in their 80s who have brains as sharp as those 30 years younger — researchers in Spain found key

“SuperAgers,” people in their 80s with brains as sharp as those in the 40s and 50s, are more active and in better mental shape than typical older adults, study says.

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(CNN) — In the largest observational study to date on “SuperAgers” — people in their 80s who have brains as sharp as those 30 years younger — researchers in Spain

In the largest observational study to date on \

“SuperAgers,” people in their 80s with brains as sharp as those in the 40s and 50s, are more active and in better mental shape than typical older adults, study says.

"You get into a groove and if you stay too long its a rut, then its a trench, then its a tunnel," Carol Siegler said. "Just keep turning your head and looking around."

Theyre over the age of 80 with minds like that of someone in their 50s or 60s. Years of research into just what keeps them so keen has yielded some

To be a SuperAger, a term coined by the Northwestern researchers, a person must be over 80 and undergo extensive cognitive testing. Acceptance in the study only occurs if the person's memory is as good or better than cognitively normal people in their 50s and 60s.

CHICAGO --- Neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory (known as the entorhinal cortex) were significantly larger in SuperAgers compared to cognitively average peers, individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and even individuals 20 to 30 years younger than SuperAgers — who are aged 80 years and older, reports a new N