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One skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age

One skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age

When Toni Morrison died on Aug. 5, the world lost one of its most influential literary voices. But Morrison wasn’t a literary wunderkind. “The Bluest Eye,” Morrison’s first novel, wasn’t published until she was 39. And her last, “God Help the Child,” appeared when she was 84. Morrison published four novels, four children’s books, many essays […] … learn more→

Getting smarter while getting older

Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life. An Age UK-funded project at the University has found that older people with robust brain wiring – that is, the nerve fibres that connect different, distant brain areas – can process information quickly and that this makes them generally […] … learn more→