Brains of elderly slow because they know so much The brains of older people only appear to slow down because they have so much information to compute, much like a full-up hard drive, scientists believe. By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent5:16PM GMT 20 Jan 2014
Older 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 up, so to do humans take longer to access information, it has been suggested. Researchers say this slowing down it 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.”
A team at Tübingen University in Germany programmed a computer to read a certain amount each day and learn new words and commands. When the researchers let a computer “read” only so much, its performance on cognitive tests resembled that of a young adult.
But if the same computer was exposed to the experiences we might encounter over a lifetime – with reading simulated over decades – its performance now looked like that of an older adult. Often it was slower, but not because its processing capacity had declined. Rather, increased “experience” had caused the computer’s database to grow, giving it more data to process – which takes time...................>>>>...........................>>>>..................http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sci.....ey-know-so-much.html
This is an interesting opinion. However, the research indicates that those who continue learning through their golden years seem to have better luck staving off dementia disorders. Like I said, it's an interesting approach. I just don't happen to agree with it.
you can have disease that you 'catch' 'inherit' and you can assist in the development of disease by not doing anything with yourself that helps to stave off disease...
the 'fight in life' shouldn't just be saved for climbing some dumba$$ virtual ladder....
sure the primordial fight for life is basic, but that's the point....we are failing to use our basics
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
you can have disease that you 'catch' 'inherit' and you can assist in the development of disease by not doing anything with yourself that helps to stave off disease...
the 'fight in life' shouldn't just be saved for climbing some dumba$$ virtual ladder....
sure the primordial fight for life is basic, but that's the point....we are failing to use our basics
True! However...yer still gonna DIE!!!! If science keeps ya alive longer....yer mind is still gonna go!!! The body and every single organ in it get's old...slows down and just stops working..........including yer brain.
As the old saying goes........'live everyday like it's yer last.....cause someday it's gonna be'!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
True! However...yer still gonna DIE!!!! If science keeps ya alive longer....yer mind is still gonna go!!! The body and every single organ in it get's old...slows down and just stops working..........including yer brain.
As the old saying goes........'live everyday like it's yer last.....cause someday it's gonna be'!!!
my point exactly
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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