Older adults are not worse rememberers so much as more selective ones: they keep what they were curious about and let the rest go.

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curiosity Wanting to know for its own sake: what it does for good work, learning, creativity and a long life, and what happens to it with age.

On the topicWhy is curiosity important?under our view: Curiosity changes with age rather than simply fading, and keeping it goes with keeping the mind

What Alan Castel actually said

Alan Castel 13 Jul 2026 Professor of psychology at UCLA

And so, in this study on curiosity, we found that older adults tend to remember the things that they're most curious about, but they're also really good at forgetting the things that they just didn't care about in the first place.

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↗How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan Castelyoutube.com

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