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Re:The aging mind: neuroplasticity in response to cognitive ... by jonhendry18 on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:17PM (#16962933)
"would he have been sharper without them"

Probably not? It'd be pretty unusual for an already sharp person to become sharper at age 80.

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Re:The aging mind: neuroplasticity in response to cognitive ... by eyeball on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:08AM (#16967618)
Sharper at 80 with statins or without statins was the question, not sharper at 80 than at 70.
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Re:The aging mind: neuroplasticity in response to cognitive ... by jonhendry18 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @01:21PM (#16969103)
Since he kept working for another 19 years, including supervising heart surgery on Boris Yeltsin, he probably didn't suffer much of a decrease in sharpness on statins, if any.
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