Thursday, September 02, 2010

They Can Remember If You Get on Their Lawns, Though

Why your grandpa tells stories over and over - Health - Aging - msnbc.com: "There may be a reason grandparents repeat the same stories over and over again. According to a new study, older people are more likely than younger people to forget with whom they've shared information."

3 comments:

Graham Powell said...

That depends on what you mean by "older". I'm 41 and I've been repeating stories for at least 10 years.

Graham Powell said...

That depends on what you mean by "older". I'm 41 and I've been repeating stories for at least 10 years.

Anonymous said...

This certainly applies to my mother. She'll tell one of us the same story three times and the rest not at all.

Jeff