Posted on 09/04/2018 12:27:50 PM PDT by sodpoodle
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!!
Who are you again?
My brain must have Windows for an OS.....................
Intelligent people are more forgetful than those with average intelligence.
This being true, I have something important to tell you. And I’ll think of it in a minute. It’ll come to me. I knew it a minute ago.
I'd like to add one thing though; dumb old people were dumb when they were younger, so age shouldn't be blamed for that "dumbness"!
People are supposed to gain knowledge, throughout their lives; however, sadly, not everyone does.
The most interesting person I know;)
People are supposed to gain knowledge, throughout their lives; however, sadly, not everyone does.
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When you are dead, you don’t know
That you are dead. The difficulties
are for the others.
It is the same when you are stupid.
OTOH...the last bit is true; stupid people often don't realize just how stupid they are. And age matters not one whit.
I’ve always made this analogy. Why else would I be able to remember a zillion lyrics to a million songs I learned without effort in my youth, early 20s, and 30s and start to struggle to remember new lyrics as I advanced in age? I can sing a song word for word that I haven’t heard in 50+ years, but learning one new song is a week-long effort (and I do mean effort) at my advanced age. Too bad we can’t add space to our memory as computers can.
Been There, Done That—or Did I?
It’s the neurons-——a four year old can learn a foreigh language,accent free,in a VERY short time.
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You see the whole world like this:
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
I’m 63 as well.
I meet people at WalMart that I used to work with at another company I worked for for 11 years and I can’t for the life of me remember their names...............But their faces I remember!..................
WOW! Same here with ‘old’ movie stars and singers.
Have full recall of my childhood, but need a daily calendar to record errands and other stuff.
Old age ain’t for sissies.
A big LOL on this one!
I’ve been studying Hebrew for the longest time and Israeli’s tell me I’m cute when I speak. I tell them I’m 62 and they forgive me.
A large glass of Burgundy helps me to defrag. Takes about an hour. Then when I wake up, my mind is clear as a bell.
Well, almost.
"Really? What was the name of the course?"
"Ummm.... you know that flower? The red one, with the thorny stem?"
"A rose?"
"Yes! A rose!.... HEY ROSE! WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT COURSE I TOOK?"
My brain is an 8088 CPU running DOS 6.2. My memory is a 10MB hard drive that has not been defragged in 70 years. My short-term memory is a 180k 5-1/4” floppy.
I can’t find stuff in my memory because all my file names are 8 characters, max.
“Now what does this file named “gzbzks1A.doc” contain?”
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