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579 If you can still remember these 9 specific childhood details at 70, your memory is exceptional

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Sarah Mitchell @ Silicon Canals · 12/19/2025 09:00 EDT

If you can still remember these 9 specific childhood details at 70, your memory is exceptional

While most people's childhood memories fade to vague impressions by their seventies, those who can still smell their grandmother's kitchen or mentally walk through their childhood home room by room possess a rare gift that neuroscientists link to extraordinary cognitive preservation.

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