The brain does not simply deteriorate with age. Research over the past decade has shifted how scientists understand cognitive aging, and the news is considerably better than the old picture suggested.

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Whether she is training her dog Coco or guiding a group of school-age children through their first crochet stitches, Katie Donovan refuses to slow down. At 74, the former Montessori teacher faces a ...