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> you need to exercise to keep it strong.

I could't agree with you more. In the General Discussion of the paper [1] the authors write

Our data offer an explanation: Vocabulary learning is continuing later into adulthood, possibly because of environmental factors (e.g., continued exposure to new words). Some purchase may be gained by exploring whether performance on other tasks shows similar generational changes.

[1] http://pss.sagepub.com.sci-hub.io/content/26/4/433.full



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