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Life Is Simple

By Jerry Crownover

Life

is Simple

By Jerry CrownoverMany of you, no doubt, have read about the recent scientific study conducted by a Harvard neuroscientist (so you know it has to be true), that explains why so many of us over the age of 60 Jerry Crownover farms in Lawrence County. He have trouble remembering things. is a former professor of

The scientist explains that older people have so much Agriculture Education at information stored in their brain from years of experi- Missouri State University, ence and learning that it takes more time to process an and is an author and answer to a question than it does for younger people, professional speaker. who don’t have as much knowledge. As an example, To contact Jerry, go to he explains an older person, who may have known 30 ozarksfn.com and click women named Mary during his lifetime, would take on ‘Contact Us.’ much longer to recall the last name of a specific Mary than a younger person, who may have known only five Marys.

The researcher refers to all of this stored information as “brain clutter” and explains how the process of older brains, having to sort through so much information, only makes them seem a tad confused and slower because they are combing through a plethora of data, while younger brains have so much less material to sift through. In most cases, it’s not dementia but rather our internal computer, taking the time to filter a mountain of previously learned material.

I am so relieved.

For the last few years, I’ve had the ever-increasing problem of remembering people’s names, places I’ve been, and words that describe what I’m trying to convey. Until this study was published a few weeks ago, I was convinced that the dreaded affliction of old

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