Older learners retained the mental flexibility needed to learn a visual perception task, but were not as good as younger people at filtering out irrelevant information, reports a new study led by Brown University. The findings undermine the conventional wisdom that the brains of older people lack flexibility, or "plasticity," but highlight a different reason why learning may become more difficult as people age: They learn more than they need to. Researchers call ...Friday, 28 November 2014
Elderly Brains Learn, but Can't Filter Irrelevant Information
Older learners retained the mental flexibility needed to learn a visual perception task, but were not as good as younger people at filtering out irrelevant information, reports a new study led by Brown University. The findings undermine the conventional wisdom that the brains of older people lack flexibility, or "plasticity," but highlight a different reason why learning may become more difficult as people age: They learn more than they need to. Researchers call ...
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