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The reason that old aged persons find it difficult to learn and remember at old age, which typically begins with the loss of short-term memory and the inability of an individual to learn new information.
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There is coordination between the structures of brain stem and the cerebral cortex, which results in learning and memorization of things. Memory can be short-term or long-term, which may be hampered by the synaptic connections.
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