July 23, 1999
Scientist Says Brain Capacity Declines With Age
Older people have difficulty with their memories because they run low on room to store information, not because their brains process information less effectively.
The amount of "working memory" -- storage space used to contain new and old information -- appears to peak at about age 45 and then decline, according to a paper in the July issue of Developmental Psychology by H. Lee Swanson, a professor of
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