Your Aging Brain Isn’t Just Declining. Scientists Say Forgetting Details May Give It a Different Advantage

New research from scientists at the University of Arizona challenges a common assumption about older brains.

BY LIYANA ILLYAS, EDITORIAL INTERN

An aging brain may not always be an indicator of decline. 

Scientists at the University of Arizona found that the brain may be doing something more interesting as it grows older: trading its ability to remember specific details for a greater capacity to use its accumulated knowledge to understand broader concepts.  

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