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Originally Posted by SUMMER2
The Explanation
Brains of older people are slow because they know so much.
People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because
they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full, so too, do humans take longer to access information when their brains are full.
Researchers say this slowing down process 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.
Also, older people often go to another room to get something & 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!!
I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can't remember their names...
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That's why alcoholics who gain greater age and finally sober up are so smart and quick thinking in their 80's/90's. Proving that in heavy drinking "Blackouts" do serve a purpose... keeps storage room in the brain available for future usage by not filling it with years of meaningless, incidental minutia!