The aging brain: Why getting older just might be awesome
June 19, 2012 -- Updated 1511 GMT (2311 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Research details a number of ways in which the brain actually improves with age
- Older people have a greater capacity for empathy because empathy is learned
- An aging brain can better tease out patterns and see the big picture
- We are better able to anticipate problems and reason things out
Editor's note: CNN contributor Amanda Enayati ponders the theme of seeking serenity: the quest for well-being and life balance in stressful times.
(CNN) -- Google "the aging brain" and you will find a largely sobering landscape of cognitive deterioration.
("Funny," said the dashing older gentleman I tried to interview for this piece. "I don't remember being absent-minded.")/.../
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The aging brain - excelente e mais do que oportuna matéria!
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