Power point slide that reads: The Goal: Not just prevention and treatment -- Adaptation Harnessing the changing brain, not simply protecting against its decline 01 PREVENT Identify and address modifiable risk factors - sleep, cardiovascular health, social engagement, diet - across the lifespan, before any symptoms appear 02 UNDERSTAND Map the full cognitive landscape of aging: not just what declines, but what persists, reorganizes, and grows. Variance is the Signal, not the noise 03 ADAPT Engage neuroadaptation - the brain's capacity to reorganize. Some cognitive shifts in aging are not deficits to fix, but reorganizations to understand and leverage for health We should aim not just to halt decline, but to promote full engagement in life across the full arc of aging.
Alice Luo Clayton CEO of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation lays out a future for healthy brain aging - adaptation is key! At Rice - Margaret Beier studies adult skills and knowledge in her lab, not just what declines with age but what gets enhanced! #DeLangeXIV #FutureofAging
