Memory, brain and aging: The good, the bad and the promising

A large body of evidence converges on the conclusion that episodic memory (the recollection of personally experienced events) is the only long-term memory system that shows significant age-related deficits. Moreover, the brain regions most likely to show age-related volume loss are those most critic...

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Main Author: Beth Ober
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2008-05-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v064n04p174