Brains of older people are slow because they know so much.
> Scientists
> believe, people do not decline mentally with age, it just
> takes them
> longer to recall facts because they have more information
> stored in
> their brains, much like a computer struggles as the hard
> drive becomes
> more full, so humans also take longer to access information,
> it has
> been suggested.
>
> Researchers say this slowing down is not the same as
> cognitive
> decline. The human brain works slower in old age, said Dr.
> Michael
> Ramscar, but only because we have stored more information
> over time.
> The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary,
> they
> simply know more, but just may not be able to access the
> information...
>
> Also, older people often go to another room to get something
> and when
> they get there, they
> stand there wondering what they came for. It is
> NOT a memory problem, it
> is nature's way of making older people do more
> exercise.
>
> SO THERE!
> Scientists
> believe, people do not decline mentally with age, it just
> takes them
> longer to recall facts because they have more information
> stored in
> their brains, much like a computer struggles as the hard
> drive becomes
> more full, so humans also take longer to access information,
> it has
> been suggested.
>
> Researchers say this slowing down is not the same as
> cognitive
> decline. The human brain works slower in old age, said Dr.
> Michael
> Ramscar, but only because we have stored more information
> over time.
> The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary,
> they
> simply know more, but just may not be able to access the
> information...
>
> Also, older people often go to another room to get something
> and when
> they get there, they
> stand there wondering what they came for. It is
> NOT a memory problem, it
> is nature's way of making older people do more
> exercise.
>
> SO THERE!