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How do "super agers" have such good memories?

People over the age of 80 with the memory of someone 20 to 30 years younger, are known as "super agers." Researchers have found that a part of the brain called the cortex -- responsible for functions like thinking, attention and memory -- is thicker in "super agers." Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
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