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Brains of older people

Postby Tug002 » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:53 am

Brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe.
Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full, so too, do humans take longer to access information when their brains are full.
Researchers say this slowing down process 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 more information over time. The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more.
Also, older people often go to another room to get something and when they get there, they stand there wondering what they came for. It is NOT a memory problem, it is nature’s way of making older people do more exercise. SO THERE.
Now when I reach for a word or a name, I won’t excuse myself by saying, “I’m having a senior moment”. Now, I’ll say, “My disk is full”!
I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can’t remember their names so I will post it here on the forum.

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Re: Brains of older people

Postby Hagar » Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:38 pm

Brilliant! :dance:
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Re: Brains of older people

Postby RAFSB » Thu Mar 14, 2019 1:59 pm

My disc is 72% full. Is there any chance of getting an external disc. :mrgreen:
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Re: Brains of older people

Postby yancovitch » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:04 pm

hear hear!!....but it seems that i've been reformatted, and i am starting from scratch....better than i ever was :D
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Re: Brains of older people

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Re: Brains of older people

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Re: Brains of older people

Postby Fozzer » Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:51 am

I now know my Alphabet from A to Z.... :dance: ....., as I desperately search for the first letter of my next word..... :pray: ....!

....just give me time... :( ....!


Folks give up having a conversation with me.... :roll: ....

They tell me their life is too short!... :twisted: ....!

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Re: Brains of older people

Postby 511Flyer » Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:23 am

I've got an external disc that helps with my driving. It's called a "Wife"

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Re: Brains of older people

Postby Jetranger » Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:36 am

NOW I know what my problem is

I stood in the wrong line , got in the line for Chains, instead of Brains, easy to get Confuzed


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Re: Brains of older people

Postby yancovitch » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:23 pm

those chains kinda do look like a bunch of brains :)
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Re: Brains of older people

Postby Shadowcaster » Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:38 am

Now that answers a lot :dance: :clap: :clap: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Brains of older people

Postby Major Blackstone » Sun Aug 25, 2019 9:24 am

The average person develops only 10 percent of his latent mental ability, however evidence suggests that at any moment up to 16 percent of our brain cells are active. It's not about how much we 'use' the brain - it's about how much we 'develop' it. Using 100% of the 10-15% of our brain we develop is nothing to brag about, but seems to be enough for us to survive. Magnetic resonance imaging shows that most of the human brain is active most of the time (bits here and there, but never the whole thing). In the course of a day, you'll use just about every part of your brain (but not all the brain, only the developed parts and at differing times).

Then there's the diseases like my multiple sclerosis that damages some of the brain's input/output. Some of the areas get physically damaged (scarred from the infections in it fighting our immune system) and are lost forever - mostly nerve related damage - while memory and cognition are less affected as they are mostly hampered by having to work around the damaged areas.

Other diseases like the dementia's are also prevalent on the aging. The exact symptoms experienced by a person with dementia depend on the areas of the brain that are damaged by the disease causing the dementia. With many types of dementia, some of the nerve cells in the brain stop functioning, lose connections with other cells, and die. Damage from malnourishment, vitamin deficiency, hypoxia, etc. thru one's lifetime can also impair the brain's developed areas. There's some science involving re-routing around damaged areas and developing the undeveloped areas, but is still in it's infancy...

So, the difficulty older ones have thinking is usually from the damage life tries us with. It's not cause the brain is so stuffed with knowledge... it's because the bearings are worn, the fuel system is clogged, etc.
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Re: Brains of older people

Postby Zaphod » Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:58 am

I know this stared off as a light hearted post, but anyone worried about depression, anxiety or are interested in the way the brain works, should read Ruby Wax's book, "Sane new world".
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