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Article: Getting Older Doesn't Always Affect Memory; Frontal Lobe Changes Do.
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- October 6, 2001
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2001 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
At the University of Arizona, new psychological research gives hope to people who fear they'll lose their memory as they age.
Elizabeth L. Glisky, PhD, Susan R. Rubin, M.A. and Patrick S. R. Davidson, MA, have found that contrary to popular belief, only some people over 65 suffer greater losses in "source (contextual) memory" than in memory for facts and items. The brain's frontal lobes seem to be the culprits, but only some people suffer frontal-lobe impairment as they age.
What's more, despite this age-related brain deficit, people may be able to learn to improve their source memory. The findings ...