Who gets to be 100?

About Who gets to be 100?

Listen to our three-part podcast celebrating the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 and those who reach their 100th birthday this year, hear about their contribution to science and our understanding of what happens to our thinking skills as we grow older. Produced by Adventurous Audio Ltd. for Lothian Birth Cohorts

Publisher

Lothian Birth Cohorts

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jun 2021

Latest episode

24 Jun 2021

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jun 2021

   Episode 3: What happens to our thinking skills as we age?

   Why do some of us stay sharp in old age? Can cognitive test scores at age 11 and in old age, blood samples, brain scans, brain tissue, genes, medical records give us the answer? We hear from Lothian Birth Cohorts scientists how longitudinal data from hundreds of participants like Anne and Margaret help us understand cognitive ageing.

2. 

   17 Jun 2021

   Episode 2: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921

   It’s the 1st of June 1932. All school-attending 11-year-olds in Scotland sit a unique intelligence test. The test is forgotten until decades later, when in the late 1990’s, a pair of psychologists discover the test scores, and their lives change forever...

3. 

   10 Jun 2021

   Episode 1: A century of happy birthdays

   Anne and Margaret are two healthy centenarians, born and raised in Edinburgh. What’s their secret to living a healthy long life? Their life stories couldn’t be more different. What unites them is a school test they took in 1932. The test is a foundation of a study that helps us understand what we can do to keep sharp in older age.