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Most people's memories have a lot more gaps than this - and that's not a bad thing. Image by Tumisu from Pixabay
Wouldn't it be great if you could remember everything you ever learnt, saw or heard? Actually, it wouldn't, writes Professor Peter Cochrane
For decades ‘brain decay' due to dying synapses and reduced connectivity was seen as an inevitable consequence of old age. But more recently we have realised that healthy brains subject to continua...
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