"In the absence of a disease such as Alzheimer's, people [compensate] quite well despite the decline in memory," he said.

“(当一个人)缺乏像老人痴呆这样的疾病时，人们补偿得很好而不管记忆的衰退。”他说到。

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The compound is being investigated with a view to developing a drug that could slow the natural decline in memory associated with aging.

目前科学家正在测试该化合物，希望能由此开发出一种能够逆转与衰老有关的记忆力衰退进程的药品。

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They also showed a slow decline in memory skills dropping by only one point in tests over five years when compared with five points for those who walked less.

他们向人们也通过试验证明，(常走路的人)五年中仅有仅百分之一缓慢记忆衰退，而走路少的人达到百分之五。

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Nonsmokers were 1.84-fold more likely to be in the "no memory loss" category compared with those with minor decline.

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It may be that loneliness may affect systems in the brain dealing with cognition and memory, making lonely people more vulnerable to effects of age-related decline in neural pathways, he suggested.

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"Take away the gains in the memory business, and what you would have had is a 1% percent decline for the industry overall, " Matas says.

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