Saturday, July 08, 2006

Brain Power Can Improve with Age

Science has long made us believe that intellectual power declines with age, reaching its peak at 40. But new studies are revealing quite the opposite. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley interviewed women at ages 27, 43, 52 and 61, and found increased tolerance for the uncertainties of life peaked in the 50s. Studies also show at that age, the left and the right brains tend to work together more -- instead of separately.

You begin to say to yourself, 'What the heck am I afraid of?'' Midlife is a time of confidence and daring mental leaps. For those that take the plunge, it can be the happiest time of your life.

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