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Tip-of-the-tongue moments not tied to memory decline
Chicago Tribune: Did you ever want to say something, but the word or name gets “stuck on the tip of your tongue?” Don’t worry. Those lapses may not be a sign of dementia – just
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Learning New Skills Keeps an Aging Mind Sharp
Older adults are encouraged to stay active to keep their minds sharp. But new findings from a longitudinal study suggests that only demanding activities — such as learning photography — will benefit cognitive functioning.
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Tip-of-the-Tongue Moments May be Benign
Despite the common fear that those annoying tip-of-the-tongue moments are signals of age-related memory decline, the two phenomena appear to be independent, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for
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Some Parts of Memory Still Developing Deep Into Childhood
Young Children Have Difficulty When Elements of Memory Overlap Memory for not only what happened, but where and when something happened, undergoes substantial development even after the age of 7, according to a new study
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Aging photographs and cognitive quilts
I am a Baby Boomer and a child of the ‘60s, and for both those reasons I am keenly aware of my memory, and its failings. I’m not alone in this. For a growing number
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Older Adults’ Memory Lapses Linked to Problems Processing Everyday Events
Some memory problems common to older adults may stem from an inability to segment daily life into discrete experiences, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological
