For the over-60 crowd…
Don’t let anyone interrupt you while you’re reading this. Not if you’re over 60 and want to remember it, anyway. Older brains, it turns out, aren’t wired to handle interruptions with ease. That’s one of the intriguing findings of a new study that examines how well the brains of different age groups remember and switch back and forth among short-term or working memories when multitasking.
Working memory holds information in the mind for brief intervals, an ability essential to mental functioning. The new research reveals that younger brains switch very quickly between two different neurological networks — one encodes short-term memory, while the other is activated when we need to pay attention to something new. For older brains, the switch is harder.
from the AARP article…Multitasking ‘Switch’ Doesn’t Work as Well in Older Brains Age affects short-term memory, attention to new task.
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