Source of cognitive decline in aging brains

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 14:29 in Psychology & Sociology

As people age, memory and the ability to carry out tasks often decline. A new study by MIT neuroscientists has found that memory and cognitive impairments were more associated with loss of brain "white matter," which forms connections within and between brain regions.

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