Seniors may be just as mentally agile as younger people. The reason their thinking appears sluggish is they mull things over longer, a new study shows.
Researchers have found that when people aged 60 and older are asked to make quick decisions, they respond as slowly as young children. And both groups react much more slowly than young adults, according to the study published in Child Development.
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Not only do those seniors tend to not want to make mistakes, they have a good deal more experiential information to sift through before coming to a conclusion, unlike those who have many fewer years of life on which to base decisions.
The first thought that pops into your head is usually the right one,like in a multiple choice test.A perfect example of this is in warfare,where the ability to think quick can save ones life.We used to ask someone a question and then shout "think fast" at them.That was to get an immediate and typically more accurate response.
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