The Explanation

[Dot]

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 up, so too do humans take longer to access information, it has been suggested.

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 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!!


I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can't remember their names...

[supersparky]

Dot, Maybe you should go into another room and think about it for a while......

[Greynomad]

Preacher (on a home visit to parishioner):
"Do you ever think of the Hereafter?"

Parishioner:
"All the time, Pastor!
I'll go into the bedroom, stop and think,
'Now, what am I hereafter?' "