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nary memory capacity. These “supera-
gers", are defined as people over the
age of 80, with the scores in psycholo-
gical tests of memory of people of 50
years. Currently, we have identified an
extensive cohort of 64 "superagers" in
the Vallecas project. In 2021 we will
publish the first results of this study,
showing which areas of the brain are
preserved in these extraordinary indivi-
duals, and which demographic, clinical
and lifestyle factors are associated with
the resilience to aging displayed by
this exceptional group of volunteers.
Currently, the MAPFRE 2020 Scholars-
hip recipient is working on functional
MRI connectivity in these subjects in
collaboration with researchers from
Cologne, Germany, participating di-
rectly in a research project application
(> 1 million euros) by the Cologne
group to the German Research Foun-
dation (DFG; https://www.dfg.de).
Finally, several members of the Valle-
cas project group participate in the
study of telomere length in blood cells
and its correlation with resilience to
aging, with results scheduled for publi-
cation in 2021.