Channel: SciShow Psych

Category: Education

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Description: Thanks to Blinkist for sponsoring this episode. The first 100 people to go to blinkist.com/scishowpsych are going to get unlimited access for 1 week to try it out. You’ll also get 25% off if you want the full membership. Researchers have noticed a decline in reading ability starting in your 40s. And learning more about why this happens might help us tell the difference between healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Hosted by: Anthony Brown ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Jb Taishoff, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, LehelKovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1745-6916.2006.00005.x doi.org/10.1037/a0014986 doi.org/10.1037/pag0000302 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516352 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1076/1380-3395(200006)22:3%3B1-V%3BFT391 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557829 sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0010028575900055 citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.464.9511&rep=rep1&type=pdf sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945218301710? sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393210004458 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X15300249 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2466/pms.1993.76.2.465 Images: flickr.com/photos/60849810@N05/7114730409 storyblocks.com/video/stock/girl-studying-in-books-at-library-table-4k-rzi0bd4ubk0d4pqnv istockphoto.com/photo/senior-man-sleeping-in-the-living-room-gm1271426292-374017020 istockphoto.com/photo/newspaper-gm1178216359-329225886 istockphoto.com/photo/definition-in-dictionary-gm465205551-32966156 istockphoto.com/photo/scrolling-pages-gm467643272-60478288 istockphoto.com/vector/thinking-icons-gm1097521428-294731706 istockphoto.com/vector/gear-set-gm959448700-261996725 istockphoto.com/photo/reading-an-ebook-in-bed-gm522886685-51013196 istockphoto.com/vector/sound-wave-classic-background-gm1194170598-339926892 istockphoto.com/vector/inspiring-word-cloud-gm496919608-78829143 istockphoto.com/photo/cardboard-box-filled-with-non-perishable-foods-on-wooden-table-high-angle-view-gm1283549998-380943463 istockphoto.com/vector/brain-cross-section-with-labels-gm502041209-43608806 istockphoto.com/vector/cartoon-brain-lifting-dumbbells-vector-gm1208760136-349508008 istockphoto.com/vector/set-of-paper-books-with-colorful-hard-cover-isolated-on-white-background-vector-gm1256910594-368184002 istockphoto.com/vector/black-round-arrows-set-circle-shapes-vector-gm1194720085-340301988 istockphoto.com/vector/audio-levels-lines-gm1284117492-381353533