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Thoughts on Wisdom

According to research, although the brain slows down with age, this simply helps older men and women develop greater insight. The reason for this is that, unlike the young, the elderly's brains are not ruled by the chemicals that fuel emotion and impulse. So their slower responses really are more thoughtful and 'wiser'. What older people lose in reaction times, they make up for in better decision-making. Older people are less affected by dopamine, which helps signals pass between neurons and is involved in the reward system of the brain.

The fact that older people are slower to respond than younger people is widely seen as a disadvantage. But that's not always the case. The elderly brain is less dopamine- dependent, making people less impulsive and controlled by emotion. Older people are also less likely to respond thoughtlessly to negative emotional stimuli because their brains have slowed down compared to younger people.

This, in fact is what we call wisdom.