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Blair Braden

Blair Braden

Behavioral neuroscientist and Associate Professor at Arizona State University; Director of the Autism and Brain Aging Laboratory studying autism and aging in adults.

Jun 14, 2026

22:50
absolutely.
22:51
So one way that I'm starting to think about, you know, how does neurodevelopment intersect with brain aging is in the aging field, we've long known that some people accumulate brain Lots of Alzheimer's associated plaques and tangles and other types of neurodegenerative features that you can see at autopsy.
23:12
But during their life, they were totally cognitively fine.
23:15
And no one really understands why this happens.
23:19
And there's this kind of like hand wavy explanation that we've used for years called cognitive reserve.
23:24
And this just means that some people have some amount of reserve in their brain that allows them to overcome the insults associated with neurodegeneration.
23:34
Such that they can keep functioning at the same level.

9 MINS LATER

33:01
And then, of course, just like, you know, cardiovascular health and your sleep health.

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