Cognitive Decline

[annie]

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 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!!