Originally Posted by azbob
a perfectly good explanation


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!!
Bob I'm glad you cleared that up. I'm going to print that and post it for my wife to read so she can understand what she is actually dealing with. wink Now where did I put my printer and do I remember how to operate it?


Jim
Formerly from somewhere on a beach in Belize