It's known that older adults are more easily distracted. |
It's known that older adults are more easily distracted. We think we've found a mechanism in the brain to explain this and generated new insight into when in the lifespan these brain changes begin to occur. |
Our fMRI scanning reveals that middle age represents the transition between the patterns observed in youth to that found in old age. The see-saw imbalance in the two frontal lobe areas is not as significant as in older adults, but the functional changes are detectable by middle age. |