The way people move, feel, think, interact with and talk to others all co-determine the ageing experience. The experience of healthy ageing is only loosely related to one’s numerical age. Maintaining good language skills is important for older adults. An interesting question therefore is whether lifestyle factors such as aerobic fitness are related to the occurrence of such ‘senior moments’. Temporary cognitive lapses, such as not having a word come to mind when speaking, occur more frequently as we grow older. In this paper we focus on cognitive changes, particularly changes in language abilities, in the healthy ageing population. In part motivated by the economic, healthcare and social challenges associated with this shift, there is an ever-growing interest in uncovering the antecedents of healthy ageing. If the existing demographic trends continue, then in countries with high life expectancies such as the UK, Canada, the US and Japan, most children born after the year 2000 will live to become 100 years old 1.
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