It's a common joke that as people joke their brain processing slows down and their memory slips. But, in a Brilliance Blog post, Annie-Murphy Paul discusses 10 ways that adults are actually getting smarter as they age.
"Researchers have recently made some surprising discoveries about what’s really happening in our heads as we age: 'We are identifying ways in which older minds hold their own against younger ones and even surpass them,' Gatz says.