3 episodes
Who gets to be 100? Lothian Birth Cohorts
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- Society & Culture
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
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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.
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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...
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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.