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ACTIVE AG EIN G :TH E SCIEN CE O F O LD ER

AN D W ISER

Dr Abhijit Das, MD, DM

Director of NeurorehabilitationConsultant Neurologist

Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata

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NEUROSCIENCE OF AGEING Memorys speedand accuracy beginto slip around age! and keep ondeteriorating

"lo#ing ofprocessing speed#ith ageing is oneof the most robust

neuropsychological$nding

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The Anatom y of Ageing

Brain is thinner, lighter more in some areas

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Loss of N eural Circuits and

rain !lasticit"

The ageing brain functions differently

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Accum ulation of debris

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The fate

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The reality is not that bad

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TH E RAIN TH AT CH AN G ESITSELF

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Aged !rain " #ifferent !rain

%he acti&ation pattern in our brainchanges as #e age

'A()*D + hemispheric asymmetryreduction in older adults Cabe-a../

0A"A + posterior1anterior shift in aging

Da&is ..2/ 3*"A + %he 3arly to *ate "hift in Aging

De# .4/

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Ageing brains are m ore

$u%front&

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Ageing brains are $reacti'e&

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AG EIN G#

!O SITIVIT$ % W ISD O &

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Ageing " (ositi'ity

)lder adults e5hibit increased frontalacti&ations to emotional materials as#ell as cogniti&e biases to#ard

positi&e &ersus negati&e stimuli6

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Mechanisms

"emantic elaboration

"elf+referential processing

3motion regulation

Ageing " (ositi'ity

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Ageing " ) ore inform ation

Not all cogniti&e performances decline

Ageing brain has more data 1 takeslonger time to analy-e them and to

respond

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Ageing " * isdom

7Cogniti&e templates8 de&elop in theolder brain based on pattern recognition

%hese can form the basis for #ise

beha&ior and decisions6 Insights and perspecti&es from ones

cogniti&e kno#ledge to be #ise there9ecti&e dimension/6

%o understand and help others thecompassionate dimension/6

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H O W TO EN EFIT FRO &AN AG EIN G RAIN

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Rem ain Fit + Acti'e

'igh le&el of education

0hysical e5ercise

"taying intellectually engaged, i6e6reading and mental acti&ities such ascross#ord pu--les

Maintaining social and friendship

net#orks Maintaining a healthy diet, including

omega+: fatty acids, and protecti&e

i id

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The Cogniti'e Reser'e

%he ability of an indi&idual todemonstrate no cogniti&e signs ofaging despite an aging brain is called

cogniti&e reser&e %#o people might ha&e the same brain

pathology, #ith one person

e5periencing noticeable clinicalsymptoms, #hile the other continuesto function relati&ely normally6

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Acce%tance

An impediment to #isdom is thinking,7I cant stand #ho I am no# becauseIm not #ho I used to be,8

0ercei&ed #orsening of their looks

their physical abilities

their memory their se5ual performance

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%hankMonument Valley, AZ 2013

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