Do our memories get better or worse with age?

Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older but can it be trusted, asks Lisa Jardine in her A Point of View column.

Have you noticed how as you get older your long-term memory seems to become increasingly sharp?

When I was in my teens I used to marvel at the facility of my elders to summon up complete passages of poetry or prose, while I fumbled for more than a phrase.

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