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Steve Lopez

Steve Lopez: Answer on the tip of your tongue? Students quiz aging adults to improve brain function

Eddie Nash, a UCLA sophomore, peered at his audience and then read the next question on the big digital screen.

"Which U.S. festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?" he asked.

Eight attentive students in their 60s and older studied the question and put their minds to work, searching for the answer as if rummaging through a closet for a missing hat.

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