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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 11/06/2014 16:54:56

Title: What happens as the brain ages?
Post by: thedoc on 11/06/2014 16:54:56
Do you find it harder to learn and adapt to new things than you once did? Do you find you're more forgetful than you once were? These dreaded consequences of the normal ageing process – known as age-related cognitive decline – are at the forefront of many people’s minds as they enter older age, but should we be worried? In "Teaching old dogs new tricks", James Close explores some of the consequences of the normal ageing process for learning and memory...

Read the article (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/) then tell us what you think...