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Brains of elderly are slow because they know so much... Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent 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 have discovered. Much like a computer struggles when the hard drive gets full up, so too do humans take longer to access information, it has been researched and proven. 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 s much more information over time. “The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more.” SO THERE!!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:40:08 +0000

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