Age-Related Memory Decline
Open Access
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 58 (3) , 360-364
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.58.3.360
Abstract
The effect of age on memory and the brain has been the focus of many studies. Results have identified critical questions that need to be addressed to further our understanding of age-related memory decline: Is cognitive decline diffuse or selective? Where does memory decline localize to anatomically? Does decline represent an abnormal state? What are the causes of memory decline? What level of analysis is needed to investigate age-related cortical changes? These questions are reviewed herein, and attempts at early answers are discussed.Keywords
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