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hippywife

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51. "because of greater difficulty suppressing irrelevant information..."

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 07:42 PM

Feb 2022

Eh, I call BS on this part from my own personal perspective. It's not like we're a pack of idiots that can't discern important details.

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Older adults can blame 'clutter' for difficulties with memory [View all] Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP

I agree with this. panader0 Feb 2022 #1

I totally agree. Just the sheer number of peoples' names and personal info they've shared .... BComplex Feb 2022 #3

I made a comment to my sister a few days ago that "I had too many years in my head" Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #2

Totally agree. LoisB Feb 2022 #4

Interesting! -- now where did I put my coffee cup down? Hekate Feb 2022 #5

my story / sticking to it KG Feb 2022 #6

I've told my children the same thing PatSeg Feb 2022 #7

Thanks, that is just what I'm going to tell my kids when the give me "that look" Paper Roses Feb 2022 #9

And so much of what we were storing PatSeg Feb 2022 #32

I think a good drunk will clear the cache n/t Yanicosco Feb 2022 #8

I'll have to try that on my MIL! 😄 Ilsa Feb 2022 #58

When we get old we have so much knowledge doc03 Feb 2022 #10

Then it's time to DEFRAG by using Transcendental Meditation - it WORKS ! n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #39

Meditation, yes. TM? Nutz. Symptom: bombing one thread with multiple posts pushing TM. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #62

I was trying to be helpful. I can't expect all readers to view every response to a thread and TeamProg Feb 2022 #64

Downsizing helps bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #11

I know when I block on something wryter2000 Feb 2022 #12

Exactly! Give me a multiple choice trivia test and I'll blow it out of the water... Native Feb 2022 #15

I am glad you have hook to hang things on murielm99 Feb 2022 #24

On the other hand wryter2000 Feb 2022 #46

I disagree Traildogbob Feb 2022 #13

Nah, 45 is just trying to sort through all his lies. Delmette2.0 Feb 2022 #38

Well that's a task. Traildogbob Feb 2022 #49

LOL Delmette2.0 Feb 2022 #50

Some people just start out dumber Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #42

He clutters up by trying to keep his lies straight. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #43

I've been saying this for years! It's the only thing that makes sense!!!! Native Feb 2022 #14

I usually say that as I get older I have many file cabinets in my brain kimbutgar Feb 2022 #16

As in... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #17

I'm 70 and I still have a good memory, but it takes me a little longer FakeNoose Feb 2022 #18

That article also says older people do better in terms of creativity and decision making: highplainsdem Feb 2022 #19

Sounds like something to remember if I ever need a handy excuse for forgetting something. Vinca Feb 2022 #20

OMG! llmart Feb 2022 #53

LOL - I got stopped once when I was a mere child of 61 (12 years ago) for going about 15 Vinca Feb 2022 #56

Great story! llmart Feb 2022 #57

My memory is still pretty good OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #21

+1 😎 mtngirl47 Feb 2022 #27

I like this theory! liberalla Feb 2022 #22

I have another word for it: "perspective" nuxvomica Feb 2022 #23

The younger people I know DON'T store unnecessary info because the complete info is a Goggle away. usaf-vet Feb 2022 #25

We need a way to better organize our memories Javaman Feb 2022 #26

I use folders. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #45

When young & DownriverDem Feb 2022 #28

I wait for the Rolodex to spin around Marthe48 Feb 2022 #29

I generally take the same approach as Einstein... CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #30

K&R, The human brain does textbook full table scans of memory pretty fast but pretty expensive ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #31

Very interesting wendyb-NC Feb 2022 #33

Now hold on just a minute. Ligyron Feb 2022 #34

I've ofter joked that my RAM was full bif Feb 2022 #35

Then it's time to DEFRAG by using Transcendental Meditation - it WORKS ! n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #37

Meditation, yes. TM? Nutz. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #59

Then it's time to DEFRAG by using Transcendental Meditation - it WORKS ! TeamProg Feb 2022 #36

Good suhgestion Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #40

Meditation, yes. TM? Nutz. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #60

You scared me there for a minute. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #41

No one's mentioned what to me has been obvious for years... slightlv Feb 2022 #44

Now in my 60s, I have to lay a trail to a memory I want to keep. Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #47

I can see that in one of my in-law relatives. ananda Feb 2022 #48

"because of greater difficulty suppressing irrelevant information..." hippywife Feb 2022 #51

You did not discern important details in the OP. Try again. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #61

I quickly discerned something very important from this post. hippywife Feb 2022 #63

Our memory coat rack is full. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #52

When I first read this thread subject... llmart Feb 2022 #54

The brain's hard drives have so much info burrowowl Feb 2022 #55

But I was so much older then tavernier Feb 2022 #65