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MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
08-05-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT neuroscientists exploring how memory formation differs between children and adults have found that children rival adults in forming basic memories, but adults do better at remembering the rich, contextual details of that information.
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