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The fact that we are all in this, studying and reading a lot is good for our brains. I went to a great workshop about a year and half ago about learning and memory given by one of my heroes, Dr. Cecil Reynolds. He has written numerous books and articles about intelligence, memory, personality and lots of other things. He told the group that memory does indeed drop off a cliff at age 40! Ahhh! But, the things you knew and were good at before, you would continue to be good at and even learn variations of that knowledge faster than a younger person (Reynolds, 2012). Take me for example; I can learn to give a new test much faster than a new psychologist.

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