Does Age Affect Memory
A person wakes up in the morning, brushes his teeth, takes a shower, puts on his clothes, and starts his day. What would happen if there weren’t such thing as memory? People might not be able to get ready every morning to start their day. Why? Because memory allows people to remember what they have done or not done. Memory is the ability to remember something that has been learned or experienced. So, without it, people wouldn’t be able to remember anything. They might not brush their teeth because they wouldn’t be able to remember how to do it, when to do it, or maybe wouldn’t even remember if such thing existed. In general, everything will be new to them, everything… Scientists know a very little about what happens to the brain as it stores memory. They are almost certain that it involves both chemical changes in the nerve cells of the brain and changes in their physical structure. The chemical and physical changes occur in a section of the brain called the hippocampus when person stores new memories. The hippocampus is a part of a larger structure of the brain called the cerebral cortex, which controls more higher brain functions. Human brains are very good at noticing patterns, and they also store me
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