looking for ur opinions, please be specefic, say why.
2006-12-04 07:56:23 · 11 answers · asked by shiny 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Depends if the individual has a hereditary condition or has abused his body in youth. Age should impinge but little if at all.
2006-12-04 07:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is scientific - even if it comes from a psychologist.
The dreaded loss of gray matter, which so many people believe is a natural result of growing old, actually is a process that occurs throughout a person's lifetime. Neuron numbers make a slow decline across decades, as cells die off regularly and consistently from youth to old age. While the brain demonstrates a remarkable ability to compensate for those losses -- forestalling any noticeable effect until the losses become, very, very profound -- it now appears that even those neuron losses that do occur are confined to populations of cells that may not play any significant role in memory.
2006-12-05 02:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by DA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends on the person.Some people are able to retain information more as they grow older and the some can't. Also the make up of a peron may have someting to do with it.
2006-12-10 22:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by Dat Chick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gray matter in your cerebal cortex in your brain thins out as you age, thus making your memory less spanned, but you are more wise the older you get, so it all evens out
2006-12-11 12:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a persons memory follows a parabloic curve
from babies to about your prime age 20-25 your memory gets better and better
after that it slowly depletes
2006-12-04 16:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually i think it gets weaker and better. the old Strong opinionated thoughts get weaker when you realize how much you really need peaceful thoughts the older you get.
2006-12-04 16:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by Conway 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe they get weaker. I work with the elderly and they are always forgetting things.
2006-12-04 16:01:50 · answer #7 · answered by Kaylin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can explain with a curve....
As an organ get more experience and practice it will work better, as same as anything became unworthy as it became older..
2006-12-04 16:41:15 · answer #8 · answered by NES 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your long memory would be better than short memory ,means that you remember your uncle who died 20 years ago but you don't remember what you've eaten on breackfast .
2006-12-04 16:06:30 · answer #9 · answered by Dandy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gets worse because you may lose memory cells and attention span
2006-12-04 16:17:19 · answer #10 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋