Aging brain
先日のニューヨークタイムスに脳と年齢の関係について面白い記事が載っていた。年を取ることで記憶力はたしかに減退していくのだが、注意力の幅は広がっていくらしい。経験を積むことにより確実に多雑のデータが脳に蓄積されているわけで、それらのデータをもとに状況に合った判断が若い脳よりもしやすくなるという。記憶力の減退も、ある意味で必要のないことはいつまでも覚えていなくても良いという判断をしながら積極的に記憶しないのかもしれない。
忘れてしまうということも、ひとつの知恵ということなのだろうか。
最近は物忘れが多くなってきているように感じるが、これも脳が成長していると思えば気が楽である。
There was an interesting article in the New York Times about brain and ageing. It said human brain as it gets older, loses some function on memory, but it broadens its attention span. And it gets wiser with age. A large number of data from accumulated experiences are stored in older brain and it's supposed to help making right decisions. In that process, it may chose not to remember everything that comes into your brain. In a way, forgetting might be a form of wisdom.
It seems that I tend to forget things easily lately. But it's comforting to think this is a part of growing process of the brain.
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忘れてしまうということも、ひとつの知恵ということなのだろうか。
最近は物忘れが多くなってきているように感じるが、これも脳が成長していると思えば気が楽である。
There was an interesting article in the New York Times about brain and ageing. It said human brain as it gets older, loses some function on memory, but it broadens its attention span. And it gets wiser with age. A large number of data from accumulated experiences are stored in older brain and it's supposed to help making right decisions. In that process, it may chose not to remember everything that comes into your brain. In a way, forgetting might be a form of wisdom.
It seems that I tend to forget things easily lately. But it's comforting to think this is a part of growing process of the brain.
