Memory testing can age older adults in minutes

By Kathleen Raven NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older adults who feel younger than they really are might want to steer clear of memory tests, or risk feeling older, a new study suggests. It’s been known that doing poorly on memory tests influences what age an older adult may “feel,” an effect called subjective aging. But a team of researchers have shown through a series of four experiments that the mere thought of a memory test can make men and women age 60 and older feel, well, older. …