Understanding the role of emotion in ageing | Robert Levenson

As the world’s population ages, it becomes more important to research how ageing affects the brain. Robert W. Levenson, a Professor at UC Berkeley, explains that while cognitive abilities decline with age, some emotional capabilities can actually improve. But more research is needed into diseases such as frontotemporal dementia, which does not impair the ability to think but causes people to lose their capacity for emotions such as disgust and embarrassment.