A related article[1] from the New York Times was published in May, and applies a similar thesis to explain why older people are wiser: “A broad attention span

A related article[1] from the New York Times was published in May, and applies a similar thesis to explain why older people are wiser: “A broad attention span may enable older adults to ultimately know more about a situation and the indirect message of what’s going on than their younger peers,” Dr. Hasher said. “We believe that this characteristic may play a significant role in why we think of older people as wiser.” I think this is also the reason why lateral thinking[2] consistently delivers creative results. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/health/research/20brai.html?_r=3&ref=science&oref=slogin http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/health/research/20brai.htm... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking