The idea that our brains decline as we age is in itself in decline. Studies reported in a new edition of the neurology book
Progress in Brain Research
suggest that for most of us as we age, our attention widens in focus.
This, combined with the fact that we have more information to remember,
makes it more difficult to recall small bits of information like a
phone number or name. Yet it is this very accumulation of information
that helps us become "wiser" as we age: by transferring what we've
learned in one situation to another, we can more readily clarify what
information is useful in solving or avoiding problems. We effectively
and assimilate data and more easily put it into a broader context. For
example, an expanded focus means we can 'read' the indirect messages in
someone's body language and conversational tone and wisely conclude the
real impact of what they are trying to communicate. Or we can interpret
a detail in a letter that may seem irrelevant, but which, given our
experience and understanding of a similar situation, we know will
directly impact our strategy or plans.[
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