Neuroscientists left the lab to study memory loss. The results were surprising
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Researchers using smartphone-based tools discovered that older adults' memory for past events may be better preserved than laboratory studies previously suggested, indicating real-world memory function differs from controlled testing environments.
This does not prove memory loss doesn't occur with age, nor does it indicate whether the findings apply equally to all older adults or specific memory types.
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