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Fall 2025 · 7 articles
Issue One
The inaugural Grey Matters Penn issue explores intelligence, multilingualism, genetics, neurodegeneration, aging, and the ways our brains measure a lifetime. All seven stories will appear in the archive as their final cover art is completed.
Issue One
The articles
Cognition
The Truth Behind Intelligence
Are We Born With It, Can We Change It – And If So, When Do We Peak?
Cognition
Written in our genes?
Rethinking Nature and Nurture in Human Potential
Brain Disorders
Altered Mitochondrial Trafficking
and Its Contribution to Neurodegenerative Disease
Brain Disorders
The Shrinking Brain
How the brain changes with age
Cognition & Memory
Thinking in Tongues
How Multilingualism Can Preserve Cognitive Function in Aging Adults
Cognition & Aging
The Accelerating Clock
Tracing the Neural Mechanisms of Age-Related Time Perception
Emotion & Aging
Feeling Our Age
How Emotion Changes Across the Lifespan