A Quiz on Aging and the Brain 1. Older pople are really more intelligent because they have been using their brains for so many years. Older people learn significantly less than they did whennn they were younger.
Depression is a problem for many older people.
People that age don't have much time left. At age 65, people continue t live a long time, making it even more important that they seek help for mental health problems. Older people are so set in their ways that there isn't really much point in trying to deal with their mental health problems. Nerve cells in the adult brain gradually die over the years. It means that significant memory loss in old age is inevitable.