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Forgetting What You Came For

Notice any decline in your memory as you have gotten older?

A celebrated Virginia memory researcher says that it may not be age making the difference.

We hear about his recent findings, including hopes for solutions.

NOTE: This is an encore presentation of a broadcast that originally aired on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

Guest:
Timothy Salthouse, PhD - Research Psychologist.  Director, Salthouse Aging Cognition Laboratory at the University of Virginia.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.