How older people are reaping brain benefits from new tech: New research “flips the script that technology is always bad.”

How older people are reaping brain benefits from new tech: New research “flips the script that technology is always bad.”
Katie Couric Media; by Paula Span, KFF Health News; 8/24/25
... Now [Wanda Woods] is an instructor with Senior Planet in Denver, an AARP-supported effort to help older people learn and stay abreast of technology. Woods has no plans to retire. Staying involved with tech “keeps me in the know, too,” she said. Some neuroscientists researching the effects of technology on older adults are inclined to agree. The first cohort of seniors to have contended — not always enthusiastically — with a digital society has reached the age when cognitive impairment becomes more common. Among the digital pioneer generation, use of everyday digital technology has been associated with reduced risk of cognitive impairment and dementia.