We’re unlocking the mysteries of lifelong brain resilience

Knight Initiative-backed scientists and collaborators studied “super agers” and Alzheimer’s patients to decode brain activity patterns that predict vulnerability or resilience to cognitive decline

Two of the projects' leaders, Dan Yamins and Russ Poldrack, explain the ideas behind the effort and the experimental campaign that will bring them to fruition

Pathologist and computer scientist Julia Belk explains how the brain's immune cells get replaced as we age and what it could mean for neurodegenerative disease