Younger people have 'high definition' memories
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 11:01
in Psychology & Sociology
It’s not that younger people are able to remember more than older people. Their memories seem better because they are able to retrieve them in higher definition. So says a researcher, in a study that sheds light on how differences in the behavioral and neural activity of younger and older adults influence the different generations’ ability to store and recall memories.