Memory Loss With Aging:
What's Normal, What's Not
How does the brain store information?
Information is stored in different parts of your memory. Information
stored in the short-term memory may include the name of a person you met
moments ago. Information stored in the recent memory may include what you
ate for breakfast.
Information stored in the remote memory includes things that you stored
in your memory years ago, such as memories of childhood.
How does aging change the brain?
Beginning when you're in your 20s, you begin to lose brain cells a few
at a time. Your body also starts to make less of the chemicals your brain
cells need to work. The older you are, the more these changes can affect
your memory.
Aging may affect memory by changing the way your brain stores
information and by making it harder to recall stored information.
Your short-term and remote memories aren't usually affected by aging.
But your recent memory may be affected. You may forget names of people
you've met recently. These are normal changes.
Things to help you remember
- Keep lists.
- Follow a routine.
- Make associations (connect things in your mind), such as using
landmarks to help you find places.
- Keep a detailed calendar.
- Put important items, such as your keys, in the same place every
time.
- Repeat names when you meet new people.
- Do things that keep your mind and body busy.
- Run through the ABC's in your head to help you think of words you're
having trouble remembering. "Hearing" the first letter of a word may jog
your memory.
What about when I know a word but can't recall it?
This is usually just a glitch in your memory. You'll almost always
remember the word with time. This may become more common as you age. It
can be very frustrating, but it's not usually serious.
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