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We might think we know what ageing is, but it’s surprisingly difficult to pin down. In this album a 70-year-old fashion model and her 17-year-old grand-daughter take part in a series of scientific tests to see whether it is possible to distinguish between them. The results give an insight into what contemporary science can tell us about what happens at the molecular, genetic, cellular, physiological and psychological level during the ageing process. This material forms part of The Open University course SD805 Issues in brain and behaviour.

  1. 04/20/2010

    Investigating ageing

    A short introduction to this album.

    1 min

  2. 04/20/2010

    Transcript -- Investigating ageing

    A short introduction to this album.

  3. 09/03/2008 · VIDEO

    Young and old compared

    We stereotype old age but what are the real differences between the young and old and how do we measure them?

    1 min

  4. 09/03/2008

    Transcript -- Young and old compared

    We stereotype old age but what are the real differences between the young and old and how do we measure them?

  5. 09/03/2008 · VIDEO

    Ageing and vision

    How eyes can be studied to assess age and ageing.

    15 sec

  6. 09/03/2008

    Transcript -- Ageing and vision

    How eyes can be studied to assess age and ageing.

  7. 09/03/2008 · VIDEO

    Ageing at the genetic level

    How the study of nematode worms and mice might be used as a model for lengthening human life.

    5 min

  8. 09/03/2008

    Transcript -- Ageing at the genetic level

    How the study of nematode worms and mice might be used as a model for lengthening human life.

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We might think we know what ageing is, but it’s surprisingly difficult to pin down. In this album a 70-year-old fashion model and her 17-year-old grand-daughter take part in a series of scientific tests to see whether it is possible to distinguish between them. The results give an insight into what contemporary science can tell us about what happens at the molecular, genetic, cellular, physiological and psychological level during the ageing process. This material forms part of The Open University course SD805 Issues in brain and behaviour.

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