WEBVTT 00:00:02.603 --> 00:00:06.739 ♪ 00:00:06.774 --> 00:00:10.176 ♪ >>> IF YOU’RE IN YOUR 50s OR 00:00:10.177 --> 00:00:10.600 >>> IF YOU’RE IN YOUR 50s OR 60s, GREAT NEWS. 00:00:10.611 --> 00:00:13.012 60s, GREAT NEWS. >> NEUROSCIENTIST WENDY SUZUKI 00:00:13.014 --> 00:00:14.481 >> NEUROSCIENTIST WENDY SUZUKI SAYS OUR BRAINS ARE ACTUALLY AT 00:00:14.482 --> 00:00:16.516 SAYS OUR BRAINS ARE ACTUALLY AT THEIR PEAK IN THE SECOND HALF OF 00:00:16.517 --> 00:00:16.773 THEIR PEAK IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE. 00:00:16.784 --> 00:00:19.476 LIFE. SHE HAS STUDIED ALL ASPECTS OF 00:00:19.487 --> 00:00:21.545 SHE HAS STUDIED ALL ASPECTS OF THE BRAIN AS THE DEAN OF ARTS 00:00:21.556 --> 00:00:22.856 THE BRAIN AS THE DEAN OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT NEW YORK 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:23.189 AND SCIENCES AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. 00:00:23.191 --> 00:00:24.982 UNIVERSITY. >> HI, WENDY. 00:00:24.993 --> 00:00:26.416 >> HI, WENDY. WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE. 00:00:26.427 --> 00:00:28.051 WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE. THIS IS REALLY GREAT NEWS. 00:00:28.062 --> 00:00:29.763 THIS IS REALLY GREAT NEWS. I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK THE 00:00:29.797 --> 00:00:31.421 I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK THE OLDER YOU GET, THE LESS YOUR 00:00:31.432 --> 00:00:33.223 OLDER YOU GET, THE LESS YOUR BRAIN IS ABLE TO DO, BUT YOU ARE 00:00:33.234 --> 00:00:34.234 BRAIN IS ABLE TO DO, BUT YOU ARE SAYING THE OPPOSITE OF THAT? 00:00:34.235 --> 00:00:35.492 SAYING THE OPPOSITE OF THAT? >> THE OPPOSITE, YES. 00:00:35.503 --> 00:00:37.127 >> THE OPPOSITE, YES. SOME THINGS DECLINE WITH AGE, 00:00:37.138 --> 00:00:39.339 SOME THINGS DECLINE WITH AGE, BUT WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT 00:00:39.340 --> 00:00:40.831 BUT WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT IMPROVE WITH 00:00:40.842 --> 00:00:41.265 THOSE THINGS THAT IMPROVE WITH AGE. 00:00:41.276 --> 00:00:43.310 AGE. I’M GIVING YOU THE TOP THREE. 00:00:43.344 --> 00:00:45.712 I’M GIVING YOU THE TOP THREE. NUMBER ONE IS KNOWLEDGE BASE. 00:00:45.713 --> 00:00:48.171 NUMBER ONE IS KNOWLEDGE BASE. WE KNOW MORE IN OUR LONG-TERM 00:00:48.182 --> 00:00:49.783 WE KNOW MORE IN OUR LONG-TERM MEMORY IN OUR 50s AND 60s THAN 00:00:49.817 --> 00:00:50.974 MEMORY IN OUR 50s AND 60s THAN IN OUR 20s. 00:00:50.985 --> 00:00:52.186 IN OUR 20s. NUMBER TWO, WISDOM. 00:00:52.220 --> 00:00:53.744 NUMBER TWO, WISDOM. THAT’S THE APPLICATION OF 00:00:53.755 --> 00:00:57.348 THAT’S THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE BASE TO EVERYDAY LIFE 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.951 KNOWLEDGE BASE TO EVERYDAY LIFE AND AM I WISER NOW THAN MY 20s 00:01:00.962 --> 00:01:01.552 AND AM I WISER NOW THAN MY 20s IN ABSOLUTELY. 00:01:01.563 --> 00:01:02.520 IN ABSOLUTELY. EMOTIONAL REGULATION. 00:01:02.531 --> 00:01:04.388 EMOTIONAL REGULATION. THERE IS A PART OF THE BRAIN -- 00:01:04.399 --> 00:01:07.601 THERE IS A PART OF THE BRAIN -- >> I LOVE A BROUGHT THE BRAIN. 00:01:07.635 --> 00:01:09.369 >> I LOVE A BROUGHT THE BRAIN. >> THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, THE 00:01:09.371 --> 00:01:11.062 >> THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, THE BRAIN SITS RIGHT HERE IN YOUR 00:01:11.073 --> 00:01:14.798 BRAIN SITS RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HEAD BEHIND YOUR FOREHEAD. 00:01:14.809 --> 00:01:16.176 HEAD BEHIND YOUR FOREHEAD. IT’S AN AREA REALLY IMPORTANT 00:01:16.177 --> 00:01:17.944 IT’S AN AREA REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND 00:01:17.979 --> 00:01:20.103 FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IT AGES 00:01:20.114 --> 00:01:22.573 STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IT AGES MORE SLOWLY THAN OTHER PARTS. 00:01:22.584 --> 00:01:24.075 MORE SLOWLY THAN OTHER PARTS. BRAIN, MEANING THAT IF YOU FEEL 00:01:24.086 --> 00:01:25.552 BRAIN, MEANING THAT IF YOU FEEL LINING YOU ARE BETTER ABLE TO 00:01:25.587 --> 00:01:27.745 LINING YOU ARE BETTER ABLE TO REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS, IT’S 00:01:27.756 --> 00:01:27.979 REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS, IT’S RIGHT. 00:01:27.990 --> 00:01:30.390 RIGHT. >> YOU USED WORD PLASTICITY A 00:01:30.392 --> 00:01:30.591 >> YOU USED WORD PLASTICITY A LOT. 00:01:30.592 --> 00:01:31.482 LOT. >> YES. 00:01:31.493 --> 00:01:32.593 >> YES. >> AND FLUFFY BRAIN. 00:01:32.594 --> 00:01:34.185 >> AND FLUFFY BRAIN. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? 00:01:34.196 --> 00:01:37.221 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? >> I STUDIED BRAIN PLASTICITY 00:01:37.232 --> 00:01:39.834 >> I STUDIED BRAIN PLASTICITY ALL MY CAREER, THE AMAZING 00:01:39.868 --> 00:01:41.602 ALL MY CAREER, THE AMAZING ABILITY EVER THE BRAIN TO GROW 00:01:41.603 --> 00:01:44.462 ABILITY EVER THE BRAIN TO GROW AND CHANGE WITH EXPERIENCE. 00:01:44.473 --> 00:01:45.473 AND CHANGE WITH EXPERIENCE. IF YOU GIVE YOUR BRAIN THE RIGHT 00:01:45.474 --> 00:01:46.831 IF YOU GIVE YOUR BRAIN THE RIGHT KIND OF EXPERIENCE, I LIKE TO 00:01:46.842 --> 00:01:49.643 KIND OF EXPERIENCE, I LIKE TO SAY YOU GROW A BIG FAT FLUFFY 00:01:49.678 --> 00:01:49.901 SAY YOU GROW A BIG FAT FLUFFY BRAIN. 00:01:49.912 --> 00:01:51.211 BRAIN. >> WHAT DO WE NEED? 00:01:51.213 --> 00:01:53.638 >> WHAT DO WE NEED? >> FIVE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY 00:01:53.649 --> 00:01:54.348 >> FIVE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS, DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER 00:01:54.383 --> 00:01:55.540 NEEDS, DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE 10 OR 90. 00:01:55.551 --> 00:01:58.252 YOU ARE 10 OR 90. YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR BODY. 00:01:58.287 --> 00:02:00.388 YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR BODY. MOVING YOUR BODY CAN GROW 00:02:00.389 --> 00:02:02.790 MOVING YOUR BODY CAN GROW BRAND-NEW BRAIN CELLS IN THE 00:02:02.791 --> 00:02:04.448 BRAND-NEW BRAIN CELLS IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS, CRITICAL FOR 00:02:04.459 --> 00:02:05.393 HIPPOCAMPUS, CRITICAL FOR MEMORY. 00:02:05.427 --> 00:02:05.683 MEMORY. DE-STRESS. 00:02:05.694 --> 00:02:07.652 DE-STRESS. KNOW THE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU 00:02:07.663 --> 00:02:09.063 KNOW THE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU THAT STRESS RELIEF BECAUSE TOO 00:02:09.097 --> 00:02:10.931 THAT STRESS RELIEF BECAUSE TOO MUCH STRESS IN OUR LIVES. 00:02:10.933 --> 00:02:13.134 MUCH STRESS IN OUR LIVES. NUMBER THREE IS SLEEP. 00:02:13.135 --> 00:02:15.860 NUMBER THREE IS SLEEP. EVERYBODY NEEDS SLEEP. 00:02:15.871 --> 00:02:16.728 EVERYBODY NEEDS SLEEP. ADULTS, EIGHT HOURS IS GOOD FOR 00:02:16.739 --> 00:02:17.304 ADULTS, EIGHT HOURS IS GOOD FOR MOST EVERYBODY. 00:02:17.339 --> 00:02:18.930 MOST EVERYBODY. NUMBER FOUR, NUTRITION. 00:02:18.941 --> 00:02:21.199 NUMBER FOUR, NUTRITION. SO WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOUR BODY AND 00:02:21.210 --> 00:02:24.703 SO WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOUR BODY AND YOUR HEART IS ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR 00:02:24.714 --> 00:02:24.969 YOUR HEART IS ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN. 00:02:24.980 --> 00:02:26.681 BRAIN. SO DIET GREAT FOR YOUR BRAIN. 00:02:26.715 --> 00:02:28.873 SO DIET GREAT FOR YOUR BRAIN. NUMBER FIVE, SO IMPORTANT. 00:02:28.884 --> 00:02:29.784 NUMBER FIVE, SO IMPORTANT. SOCIAL CONNECTION. 00:02:29.818 --> 00:02:31.142 SOCIAL CONNECTION. THE MORE SOCIAL CONNECTION THAT 00:02:31.153 --> 00:02:31.719 THE MORE SOCIAL CONNECTION THAT YOU HAVE, THE STRONGER YOUR 00:02:31.720 --> 00:02:31.976 YOU HAVE, THE STRONGER YOUR BRAIN IS. 00:02:31.987 --> 00:02:35.723 BRAIN IS. >> THAT’S AMAZING. 00:02:35.758 --> 00:02:37.182 >> THAT’S AMAZING. >> REALLY GOOD RECIPE. 00:02:37.193 --> 00:02:38.826 >> REALLY GOOD RECIPE. WHERE DOES ALCOHOL FIT IN? 00:02:38.861 --> 00:02:40.585 WHERE DOES ALCOHOL FIT IN? IS THAT A TERRIBLE THING FOR THE 00:02:40.596 --> 00:02:40.762 IS THAT A TERRIBLE THING FOR THE BRAIN? 00:02:40.763 --> 00:02:42.597 BRAIN? >> THERE IS MORE DATA COMING OUT 00:02:42.631 --> 00:02:44.088 >> THERE IS MORE DATA COMING OUT NOW EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF ALCOHOL 00:02:44.099 --> 00:02:45.557 NOW EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF ALCOHOL IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN. 00:02:45.568 --> 00:02:46.101 IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN. >> OKAY. 00:02:46.135 --> 00:02:46.534 >> OKAY. WE’RE DONE HERE. 00:02:46.535 --> 00:02:46.834 WE’RE DONE HERE. >> EXACTLY. 00:02:46.836 --> 00:02:47.135 >> EXACTLY. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:02:47.136 --> 00:02:49.394 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SORRY. 00:02:49.405 --> 00:02:51.372 >> SORRY. >> NICE MEETING YOU. 00:02:51.373 --> 00:02:53.140 >> NICE MEETING YOU. >> YOU ALSO SAY ANXIETY IS GOOD 00:02:53.175 --> 00:02:55.500 >> YOU ALSO SAY ANXIETY IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN OR CAN BE A 00:02:55.511 --> 00:02:57.946 FOR THE BRAIN OR CAN BE A SUPERPOWER AT AGE 50 AND 60? 00:02:57.980 --> 00:03:00.281 SUPERPOWER AT AGE 50 AND 60? >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:03:00.282 --> 00:03:02.850 >> ABSOLUTELY. I LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU COULD 00:03:02.852 --> 00:03:04.609 I LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU COULD TRANSFORM YOUR BAD ANXIETY INTO 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:06.755 TRANSFORM YOUR BAD ANXIETY INTO GOOD ANXIETY AND PART OF THE KEY 00:03:06.789 --> 00:03:08.380 GOOD ANXIETY AND PART OF THE KEY IS EMOTIONAL REGULATION. 00:03:08.391 --> 00:03:11.450 IS EMOTIONAL REGULATION. YOU CAN REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS 00:03:11.461 --> 00:03:13.661 YOU CAN REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS BETTER IN YOUR 50s AND 60s, AND 00:03:13.663 --> 00:03:16.155 BETTER IN YOUR 50s AND 60s, AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO BE 00:03:16.166 --> 00:03:18.723 THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT ANXIETY 00:03:18.734 --> 00:03:20.569 ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT ANXIETY INVOLVED TO HELP US WITH, WHICH 00:03:20.603 --> 00:03:21.970 INVOLVED TO HELP US WITH, WHICH IT’S A WARNING SYSTEM. 00:03:21.971 --> 00:03:23.862 IT’S A WARNING SYSTEM. IT WARNS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED 00:03:23.873 --> 00:03:24.873 IT WARNS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 00:03:24.874 --> 00:03:27.632 TO PAY ATTENTION TO. IT’S REALLY POINTED TO WHAT WE 00:03:27.643 --> 00:03:28.977 IT’S REALLY POINTED TO WHAT WE HOLD DEAR IN OUR LIVES. 00:03:29.011 --> 00:03:31.736 HOLD DEAR IN OUR LIVES. >> AND THIS ERA, IN A WOMAN’S 00:03:31.747 --> 00:03:33.715 >> AND THIS ERA, IN A WOMAN’S LIFE IN PARTICULAR, IS VERY FULL 00:03:33.716 --> 00:03:35.183 LIFE IN PARTICULAR, IS VERY FULL AND WONDERFUL, BUT WE THINK OF 00:03:35.218 --> 00:03:36.909 AND WONDERFUL, BUT WE THINK OF IT AS THE BEGINNING OF THE END 00:03:36.920 --> 00:03:38.710 IT AS THE BEGINNING OF THE END BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE ARE TOLD. 00:03:38.721 --> 00:03:42.847 BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE ARE TOLD. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO IN THIS AGE 00:03:42.858 --> 00:03:44.716 IF SOMEONE WANTS TO IN THIS AGE REALLY FULFILL A NEW PART OF 00:03:44.727 --> 00:03:46.027 REALLY FULFILL A NEW PART OF THEIR OWN LIVES, TALK A LITTLE 00:03:46.029 --> 00:03:49.231 THEIR OWN LIVES, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, THIS AGE. 00:03:49.232 --> 00:03:49.965 BIT ABOUT THAT, THIS AGE. >> YEAH, I THINK THE 50s AND 00:03:49.999 --> 00:03:52.357 >> YEAH, I THINK THE 50s AND 60s, SINCE I’M RIGHT THERE IN 00:03:52.368 --> 00:03:54.536 60s, SINCE I’M RIGHT THERE IN THERE, IS THE BEST TIME TO 00:03:54.537 --> 00:03:56.071 THERE, IS THE BEST TIME TO REALLY GO AFTER YOUR BIGGEST 00:03:56.105 --> 00:03:56.328 REALLY GO AFTER YOUR BIGGEST DREAMS. 00:03:56.339 --> 00:03:58.263 DREAMS. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 00:03:58.274 --> 00:04:00.409 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? WHAT HAVE YOU KIND OF BUILT UP 00:04:00.443 --> 00:04:01.700 WHAT HAVE YOU KIND OF BUILT UP YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE TO DO, AND 00:04:01.711 --> 00:04:02.167 YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE TO DO, AND WHY IS THAT THE CASE? 00:04:02.178 --> 00:04:05.280 WHY IS THAT THE CASE? BETTER KNOWLEDGE. 00:04:05.315 --> 00:04:07.149 BETTER KNOWLEDGE. >> AND SO INTERESTING BECAUSE 00:04:07.150 --> 00:04:09.618 >> AND SO INTERESTING BECAUSE WE’RE SITTING -- I’M SITTING 00:04:09.619 --> 00:04:10.676 WE’RE SITTING -- I’M SITTING NEXT TO SOMEBODY WHO IS DOING 00:04:10.687 --> 00:04:11.086 NEXT TO SOMEBODY WHO IS DOING THAT. 00:04:11.121 --> 00:04:11.978 THAT. YOU ARE DOING THIS? 00:04:11.989 --> 00:04:14.490 YOU ARE DOING THIS? >> MY MID-50s I STARTED A 00:04:14.524 --> 00:04:15.948 >> MY MID-50s I STARTED A COMPANY CALLED COMMENCE FOR 00:04:15.959 --> 00:04:17.059 COMPANY CALLED COMMENCE FOR WOMEN OVER 40. 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:23.188 WOMEN OVER 40. WE ARE DOING HAIR CARE NOW, OUR 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:24.833 WE ARE DOING HAIR CARE NOW, OUR COMMENCE HAIR CARE PRODUCTS 00:04:24.868 --> 00:04:28.437 COMMENCE HAIR CARE PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR SCALP HEALTH, MORE 00:04:28.438 --> 00:04:28.761 DESIGNED FOR SCALP HEALTH, MORE MONL CHANGES. 00:04:28.772 --> 00:04:29.395 MONL CHANGES. >> THAT’S SOMETHING YOU WOULDN’T 00:04:29.406 --> 00:04:30.472 >> THAT’S SOMETHING YOU WOULDN’T HAVE DONE TEN YEARS AGO. 00:04:30.473 --> 00:04:33.008 HAVE DONE TEN YEARS AGO. >> I FOUND A GREAT PARTNER, A 00:04:33.043 --> 00:04:35.044 >> I FOUND A GREAT PARTNER, A WOMAN A BIT YOUNGER THAN I AM. 00:04:35.045 --> 00:04:36.979 WOMAN A BIT YOUNGER THAN I AM. BUT TOGETHER SHE IS A NEW 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:37.379 BUT TOGETHER SHE IS A NEW FRIEND. 00:04:37.380 --> 00:04:42.407 FRIEND. SHE, TOO, IS LIKE A MATE AND 00:04:42.418 --> 00:04:43.218 SHE, TOO, IS LIKE A MATE AND TOGETHER WE ARE FORGING AHEAD 00:04:43.253 --> 00:04:46.612 TOGETHER WE ARE FORGING AHEAD AND MAKING -- I NEVER THOUGHT I 00:04:46.623 --> 00:04:46.956 AND MAKING -- I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE A CEO. 00:04:46.990 --> 00:04:51.250 WOULD BE A CEO. PEOPLE, WE CELEBRATE -- YOU TALK 00:04:51.261 --> 00:04:53.295 PEOPLE, WE CELEBRATE -- YOU TALK ABOUT CELEBRATING IN BOARDROOMS 00:04:53.296 --> 00:04:55.154 ABOUT CELEBRATING IN BOARDROOMS AND ALL BUT THEY LEAVE US OUT. 00:04:55.165 --> 00:04:56.656 AND ALL BUT THEY LEAVE US OUT. WOMEN I KNOW ARE DOING 00:04:56.667 --> 00:04:58.024 WOMEN I KNOW ARE DOING EXTRAORDINARY NEW THINGS. 00:04:58.035 --> 00:04:59.869 EXTRAORDINARY NEW THINGS. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING 00:04:59.903 --> 00:05:00.426 IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING NEW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? 00:05:00.437 --> 00:05:02.739 NEW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? >> I THINK YOU ILLUSTRATED THAT 00:05:02.773 --> 00:05:03.429 >> I THINK YOU ILLUSTRATED THAT SO BEAUTIFULLY. 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:05.241 SO BEAUTIFULLY. AT THIS TIME IN OUR LIVES WE 00:05:05.275 --> 00:05:06.332 AT THIS TIME IN OUR LIVES WE KNOW WHICH HANDS TO SHAKE AND 00:05:06.343 --> 00:05:10.180 KNOW WHICH HANDS TO SHAKE AND WHICH HANDS TO HOLD ON TO. 00:05:10.214 --> 00:05:11.171 WHICH HANDS TO HOLD ON TO. RIGHT? 00:05:11.182 --> 00:05:11.480 RIGHT? >> ME, TOO. 00:05:11.481 --> 00:05:13.072 >> ME, TOO. >> WHO IS THAT PERSON THAT’S -- 00:05:13.083 --> 00:05:13.706 >> WHO IS THAT PERSON THAT’S -- >> RIGHT HERE. 00:05:13.717 --> 00:05:14.874 >> RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE. 00:05:14.885 --> 00:05:15.308 RIGHT HERE. I LOVE THAT. 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.043 I LOVE THAT. >> WHO IS GOING TO ENHANCE YOUR 00:05:17.054 --> 00:05:18.988 >> WHO IS GOING TO ENHANCE YOUR LIFE, GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU DO 00:05:19.022 --> 00:05:21.390 LIFE, GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU DO SO BEAUTIFULLY AND HELP YOU GET 00:05:21.391 --> 00:05:22.081 SO BEAUTIFULLY AND HELP YOU GET THERE. 00:05:22.092 --> 00:05:24.393 THERE. I THINK I AM SO MUCH BETTER ABLE 00:05:24.394 --> 00:05:27.653 I THINK I AM SO MUCH BETTER ABLE TO DO THAT IN MY 50s AND GOING 00:05:27.664 --> 00:05:27.964 TO DO THAT IN MY 50s AND GOING INTO MY 60s. 00:05:27.998 --> 00:05:29.832 INTO MY 60s. >> WENDY, SO SMART. 00:05:29.833 --> 00:05:30.790 >> WENDY, SO SMART. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:05:30.801 --> 00:05:31.968 THANK YOU SO MUCH. HODA ADORES YOU.