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Article: Brain power. (and aging) (includes related article)
- Article from:
- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- November 28, 1994
- Author:
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Will old age destroy the mind? The prospect is so terrifying that the mind itself exiles the thought until those times when it cannot be ignored, such as the recent announcement that former President Ronald Reagan suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The fear is that even if one is lucky enough to escape Alzheimer's and other diseases that attack the brain, old age inevitably brings about the mind's decline. Indeed, an effigy of a feeble-minded old wretch lies deeply entrenched in the American psyche, leaving many to loathe the idea of growing old nearly as much as death itself. That spunky old aunt who's sharp as a tack provides little comfort, precisely because she seems ...
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