How does age affect memory?

Question

This is for my science fair project

Answer 1

The ability to encode new memories of events or facts and working memory shows decline in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Studies comparing the effects of aging on episodic memory, semantic memory, short-term memory and priming find that episodic memory is especially impaired in normal aging. These deficits may be related to impairments seen in the ability to refresh recently processed information. In addition, even when equated in memory for a particular item or fact, older adults tend to be worse at remembering the source of their information, a deficit that may be related to declines in the ability to bind information together in memory.  

Answer 2

i don't know but U R talking about the zahimar i think it's at 70-up

and it effect by the environment  

Answer 3

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