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Forgetting things seems to be a part of getting older which everyone accepts. But could the confidence of the young be covering up their own memory slips?
Older people were more consistent in memory tests, research from Germany shows - although younger people did achieve overall higher test scores.
The assessments were carried out in Berlin on 100 older people - aged between 65 and 80 - and 100 people in their 20s.
They had to show up at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin for 100 days of tests.
"We were very nice to them and had a good atmosphere at the labs," says Prof Florian Schmiedek.
"People got to know each other, it was kind of a social activity for them. And we also paid them for those 100 days."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23802813
Older people were more consistent in memory tests, research from Germany shows - although younger people did achieve overall higher test scores.
The assessments were carried out in Berlin on 100 older people - aged between 65 and 80 - and 100 people in their 20s.
They had to show up at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin for 100 days of tests.
"We were very nice to them and had a good atmosphere at the labs," says Prof Florian Schmiedek.
"People got to know each other, it was kind of a social activity for them. And we also paid them for those 100 days."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23802813