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• Why Do These 80-Year-Olds Have the Memory of 50-Year-Olds?

  19-10-2025 15:21 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthSuperAgers defy normal aging by keeping sharp memories and healthy brains well into their 80s. Scientists have discovered that these individuals either resist the buildup of harmful brain proteins or remain unaffected by them. Their brains stay structurally young, and their strong social lives may help protect cognition, according to an article published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. The findings could inspire new ways to delay or...
  
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• Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world

  19-10-2025 06:00
  Once swearwords were dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, now researchers argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlookedWhen researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that emerged were revealing. The length of each list, for example, varied widely.While native English speakers in the UK and Spanish speakers in Spain rattled off an average of 16 words, Germans more than tripled this with an average of 53 words ran
  
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