According to his study, verbal memory peaked in the 50s.
According to schaie, as people grow older, our cognitive abilities will also start to deteriorate. Along with this cognitive abilities, our verbal memory capabilities also decreased while the chance of us developing dementia will started to increase.
The media has the ability to influence public opinion of wars by putting out propaganda in support of one country and against another. This garners public support for one country and their actions while condemning the other. The information is often one sided and not relayed in a subjective manner, creating an unfair bias in the public eye.