Steve Lopez: Answer on the tip of your tongue? Students quiz aging adults to improve brain function
Eddie Nash, a UCLA sophomore, peered at his audience and then read the next question on the big digital screen. "Which U.S. festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?" he asked. Eight attentive students in their 60s and older studied the question and put their minds to work, searching for the answer as if rummaging through a closet for a missing hat. "Oh come on, this is so easy. It's ...
Eddie Nash, a UCLA sophomore, peered at his audience and then read the next question on the big digital screen.
"Which U.S. festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?" he asked.
Eight attentive students in their 60s and older studied the question and put their minds to work, searching for the answer as if rummaging through a closet for a missing hat.
"Oh come on, this is so easy. It's right on the tip of my tongue," one woman said.
There was a range of cognitive ability, from mild impairment to normal acuity, among the eight older adults who had signed up for this Saturday afternoon session of the . But the answer was proving to be elusive,
