I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andre Kesteloot]

thanks, I need that  :-)
André


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Richard Barth <w3hwn at comcast.net> wrote:

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> *I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!  Finally a study that makes
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> Brains of the elderly slow because they know so much.....
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> Elderly people have so much information in their brain that it takes
> longer for them to access it, scientific studies show.
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> Older people do not decline mentally with age.  It just takes them longer
> to recall facts, because they have more information in their brains,
> research suggests.
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> Much like a computer takes longer as the hard drive gets full up, so to do
> humans take longer to access information, it has been reported.
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> Researchers say this slowing down is not the same as cognitive decline.
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> "The human brain appears to work slower in old age," said Dr. Michael
> Ramscar, "but only because so much information has been stored over time.
> Older people simply know *more*, so selecting a correct choice from the
> trove of stored data may take a bit longer."
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> So there now!!!!!!
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