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Originally Posted by TZK
I wondered about that myself. Sometimes biologists and psychologists will say that X is caused by some physical occurence, when really the physical occurence is caused by X or something in your life that caused X as well.
I wonder if the physical decay would not occur as you seem to be implying if you frequently gained new long term memories even at older ages. Have you come across anything in your studies that indicates this?
I can see that most people who age probably tend to use this portion of their brain less and less as they develop a niche and concentrate their mental energy on it... And are less likely to make belief set altering new discoveries...
Probably for the same reason life seems less and less emotional as you get older...
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