How Old Are You in Your Head? The Neuroscience of Subjective Age Reveals How to Stay Mentally Young
4 min readApr 30, 2024
My 70-year-old father tells me he’s routinely startled simply by seeing his face in the mirror. “Who’s that old guy?” he thinks. Science shows he’s far from alone in this feeling.
Neuroscientists have explored the puzzling gap between our real age and how old we feel in our heads (aka our…
