Too Many Connections? How Aging Impacts Memory and Recall

Under the Cortex

How does the brain’s memory function change as we grow older? What recent discoveries are helping us understand these changes better?

In this episode of Under the Cortex, Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum welcomes Karen Campbell of Brock University to discuss how aging impacts memory. Campbell shares insights from her recent study in APS’s journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, exploring the hyber-binding hypothesis. The conversation delves into how the abundance of connections in older adults’ mental representations may contribute to memory challenges later in life.

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