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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In long-term studies where people had their cognitive ability tracked from youth into old age, one finding keeps standing out. “One of the most important factors explaining someone’s cognitive ability at age 70 is their cognitive ability when they were 11,” researchers noted in a recent article in The […]\n\nThe post Brain health in old age starts taking shape far earlier than most people realize first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
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