Aging Process: Think You’re Losing Memory? Think Again!
Older = Wiser
By Michael Moshier
www.anti-agingstraighttalk.com
If you're having trouble remembering names or where you put your keys, you may think it's because you're getting older - but you might be wrong! A growing number of studies suggest that the aging brain is actually taking in more data and trying to sift through a host of information, often to its long-term benefit.
Of course, sometimes, forgetfulness is just old age, as is the case with people who are stricken with Alzheimer's disease. But for most aging adults, the authors of one of the studies say, much of what occurs is actually a gradually widening focus of attention that makes it more difficult to latch onto just one fact.
This can be frustrating - but also useful if you know what's going on and know how to hone your new-found depth of observation. The studies offered this example:
"Subjects are asked to read passages that are interrupted with unexpected words or phrases, adults 60 and older work much more slowly than college students. Although the students plow through the texts at a consistent speed regardless of what the out-of-place words mean, older people slow down even more when the words are related to the topic at hand. That indicates that they are not just stumbling over the extra information, but are taking it in and processing it. When both groups were later asked questions for which the out-of-place words might be answers, the older adults responded much better than the students."
So the next time you think your college-aged grandkid has a leg up on you, challenge them to a reading comprehension test!
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Michael Moshier is an entrepreneur and dedicated anti-aging advocate. Mike objectively explores how to stop the aging clock – and even turn it back! He isn't out to sell any anti-aging products, rather to share the insights gained over the course of his years of personal research into aging and how it can be stopped. Read more about his research and comprehensive Report at www.anti-agingstraighttalk.com, or at http://www.anti-agingstraightta
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