Does age affect complex decision making, for better or worse? It’s well known that certain abilities decline with advanced age — most notably processing speed — but what about that vast reservoir of decision making experience? Does that count? Does seasoned judgment trump the nimble-mindedness of youth, or the other way around?
What do you think? Wray Herbert takes looks a at What Happens To Our Decision-Making Brain As We Age over at The Huffington Post read more
Wray Herbert is the author of “On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits.” He is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about health and psychology for more than 25 years, including regular columns for Newsweek and Scientific American Mind and his popular blog, We’re Only Human.
Source: Huffington Post
