Your Memory: What Changes and What You Can Do About It

Published by the National Policy and Resource Center on Women and Aging, this publication looks at how memory works, what happens as we age, and some things we can do to help improve our memory skills.

The publication is divided into the following topics:

• The Importance of Memory
• Some Facts about Memory and Aging
• Strategies and Techniques for Memory Improvement

Your Memory was written by Margie F. Lachman, Ph.D.. She is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Life Span Developmental Psychology Laboratory at Brandeis University and editor of Planning and Control Processes across the Life Span (1993) and Multiple Paths of Midlife Development (1997) with J.B. James. She conducts research on cognition and memory, personality, and the sense of control in adulthood and old age. Dr. Lachman is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and theGerontological Society of America.

http://iasp.brandeis.edu/womenandaging/Memory_M11.pdf