How Do Our Cognitive Abilities Change Throughout Our Lives?
Category: SCIENCE
Does the popular notion that babies' brains are little sponges and that older adults' minds are "all washed up" really hold water? Until now, it has been difficult to see, scientifically, how cognitive systems change over the grand time scale of an entire life.
By Justin Halberda, Contributor
Associate professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sci..., 2012-07-14