A lack of sleep among older people elevates risk of memory loss as well as a number of physical and mental disorders, according to new research. UC Berkeley researchers published their conclusion in the journal Neuron. “Nearly every disease killing us in later life has a causal link to lack of sleep,” said the article’s… Continue reading Memory Loss Linked to Poor Sleep
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Positive Memories May Not Always Be Good
People who selectively recalled positive information rather than neutral or negative information may be at risk for early stages of memory loss, according to researchers from the University of California, Irvine. For a study appearing in the August edition of Learning & Memory, Michael Yassa, associate professor of neurobiology and behavior and neurology, and colleagues… Continue reading Positive Memories May Not Always Be Good
Memory Loss as We Age Is Lower Than What Was Originally Thought
Good news for ThirdAgers! According to research done by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, the capacity to recall specific facts deteriorates with age, but other types of memory do not. A release from the university reports that Alaitz Aizpurua, a lecturer at the UPV/EHU, maintains that “the highly widespread belief that memory deteriorates as… Continue reading Memory Loss as We Age Is Lower Than What Was Originally Thought