But life experience and accumulated wisdom can help offset normal brain decline and compensate for slowed retrieval time.

不过人生阅历和智慧能帮助弥补正常的大脑衰退，补偿减慢的信息提取时间。

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Declining mental function is often seen as a problem of old age, but certain aspects of brain function actually begin their decline in young adulthood, a new study suggests.

心智功能衰退通常被视为老年问题，但一项新的研究表明，大脑功能的某些方面实际上在青年时代就开始衰退了。

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Perhaps most exciting is research that suggests that crafts like knitting and crocheting may help to keep off a decline in brain function with age.

也许最令人兴奋的是研究表明，像编织和钩编这样的手艺可能有助于防止因年龄增长而导致的大脑功能下降。

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An aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research finds.

BBC: Aspirin may 'slow elderly brain decline', study finds

Whether hearing loss is truly a cause of cognitive decline or merely a risk factor associated with the ageing brain, the decline of cognitive abilities into dementia is set to explode financial models of health and social care in Western societies and requires urgent attention.

BBC: Viewpoint: Does deafness contribute to dementia?

In the 1970s, fears that whooping-cough vaccine might cause brain damage led to a decline in vaccine cover and an increase in outbreaks of the disease.

ECONOMIST: How to assess scary stories about vaccines