Can’t recall something? It may be because you know too much!

It’s not a senior moment…it’s a genius moment!

That’s right…

A study just done in Germany says that as we age, our minds may not be so quick to find information, but that’s just because we know so much!

The researchers compared the brain to a computer filled with emails, files and photos — one that’s “as good as new,” but slowed down by all that information it has to process.

To test that theory, they used computers that they programed to behave like people — reading a certain amount and learning new things every day.

Once a computer was stuffed full of data, similar to a lifetime of memories, it slowed down. This, the researchers said, was because the computer had so much more to process, not because there was anything wrong with it.

So the next time someone asks you something that you can’t immediately recall, just tell them you’re “recalculating!”

Sources:
“Brains of elderly slow because they know so much” Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph, 1/20/14, telegraph.co.uk