Elderly can be as fast as young in some brain tasks, study shows

Ohio State University ^ | December 27, 2011 | Jeff Grabmeier

[decimon]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Both children and the elderly have slower response times when they have to make quick decisions in some settings.

But recent research suggests that much of that slower response is a conscious choice to emphasize accuracy over speed.

In fact, healthy older people can be trained to respond faster in some decision-making tasks without hurting their accuracy – meaning their cognitive skills in this area aren’t so different from younger adults.

“Many people think that it is just natural for older people’s brains to slow down as they age, but we’re finding that isn’t always true,” said Roger Ratcliff, professor of psychology at Ohio State University and co-author of the studies.

“At least in some situations, 70-year-olds may have response times similar to those of 25-year olds.”

[noinfringers2]

As a pre WWII child I find/believe my social views have metamorphosed to be more fact inclusive. I believe this has caused my opinion about Obama and his international circle of enablers to be much less friendly. I have to watch myself as to the current crop of congresspersons and judges.

[weps4ret]

Either that or I am suffering from not remembering what I posted and keep restating it over and over and over and over. :-) Sometimers!

Gunner

[decimon]

If they lose their job and their pensions, what are the odds of getting another job, with the same pay and benefits?

That's why I much prefer defined-contribution pension plans to defined-benefit plans. I came to see that defined-benefit plans are more shackle than benefit. They know that few people will leave after a certain number of years for fear of losing their pensions.

And...with a defined contribution plan you know what you have. Your future pension is not dependent on the future viability of the company.

[decimon]

I’ll see if I can find something on aging and obsessive repetition. ;-)

[weps4ret]

Huh? What were we talking about?

Gunner

[oh8eleven]

The elderly don’t know who Lady Gaga is either.
Sure they do, they just don't care.
And how do they know? Just watch any "news" show on any given channel and you'll see plenty of stories about Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton, scumbag rappers, the importance of "social media", the OWS scumbags, illegals are the hardest working people in America, etc.
What you won't see are stories about the Dem assault on America's freedoms, the disastrous effects of 50 years of Liberalism, the real reason for the absolute destruction of inner cities, political corruption all the way to the WH, etc.

[Bigg Red]

The elderly don’t know who Lady Gaga is either.

^^^
Says you! This boomer knows who — and what — that skank is.

[Road Glide]

Going on 63, my thought processes are definitely slowing a tad — but when they do, I just pop one of those new “Brainagra” pills, and things snap back into shape!

[central_va]

The memory pill was a failure. Nobody could remember to take them.