Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain
May 20, 2008 | Source: New York Times
When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining.
Instead, new research, cited in a new edition of Progress in Brain Research, finds that the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information, often to its long-term benefit.
The distractibility may increase the total amount of information available to the conscious mind.