Many people worry that aging means losing your memory.
Indeed, many older adult feel that they are becoming forgetful.
In one study, young and elderly adults kept diaries of their problems with memory in everyday life.
The older adults reported more such problems, especially when it came to remembering names, routines like filling the car with gas, and object such as the book that they would need later.
Older adults were also more upset by their memory lapses, perhaps because they viewed them as a signs of aging.
Most of there research is based on cross-sectional studies comparing age groups, which suggests that:
- The age differences detected could be related to factors other than age.
- Declines, when observed, do not occur until the late 60s and the 70s and are slight.
- Only some older people have memory problems.
- Old people do poorly on some tasks but well on others.
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