As they age, people tend to slow down, but one group is defying the odds and proving that they may be better off for it. New research suggests that “super movers”—adults aged 80 years and older who ...

Older adults who maintain exceptionally fast walking speeds into their eighties tend to experience less cognitive decline and have a lower risk of developing cognitive impairment. New research ...

Exceptionally fast gait speed is associated with a lower risk for cognitive impairment, slower cognitive decline, and greater hippocampal volume in older adults, a new study showed. While gait speed ...

You might assume that doing puzzles or other mental tests would be the way to gauge how well your brain is functioning. But as it turns out, how fast you walk may tell you a lot, too. A recent study ...