Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Brain's Ability to Selectively Focus, Pay Attention Diminishes With Age, Study Finds


ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2010) — A University of Toronto study shows that visual attention -- the brain's ability to selectively filter unattended or unwanted information from reaching awareness -- diminishes with age, leaving older adults less capable of filtering out distracting or irrelevant information.

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