Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much
– But in this study when it came to the irrelevant skill of discerning the prevailing direction of dot movement, older people learned that, too, even when it was at its most obvious. Younger people, meanwhile, only showed improvement on discerning movement when it was insidiously subtle. If it was clear, they recognized it and filtered it out.
* Study in Current Biology Nov 2014
– http://healthresearchreport.me/2014/11/27/elderly-brains-learn-but-maybe-too-much/