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• 25 May 08
  

  Some brains do deteriorate with age. But for most aging adults, much of what occurs is a gradually widening focus of attention and sifting through a clutter of information that makes it more difficult to latch onto just one fact like a name or a number.

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• 23 May 08
  

  Prakash Babu Adhikari
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  Martin Wolff

  Brain Health Science Psychology

  • “A broad attention span may enable older adults to ultimately know more about a situation and the indirect message of what’s going on than their younger peers,” Dr. Hasher said. “We believe that this characteristic may play a significant role in why we think of older people as wiser.”

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