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I believe research (sorry no link) is showing that older people tend to actually have much better focus than younger people, and better memory of what they were
by yaddayadda 14y ago
I believe research (sorry no link) is showing that older people tend to actually have much better focus than younger people, and better memory of what they were focusing on (in the absence of actual neurological problems, e.g., Alzheimers).
- adventured 14y agoAt least up to the age of 50 or so, at which point real memory begins to erode much faster than in prior decades.
- dudujdjd 14y agoFuck Me. 15 years left to accomplish something great. I better move Strong AI to the top of my todo list before I'm too senile to work on it.
- jebblue 14y agoThere's this too though: http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129773/ http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129773/ "And the more complaints about memory they had, the more we saw this extra activation." When all was said and done, those women did just as well on the test as the noncomplainers. "My guess is there could be something happening in the brain, and people are trying to compensate for it with these extra areas," Ms. Dumas says. "And they are doing it successfully."