Old dogs need to learn new tricks. Here’s why. ...Middle East

The idea that older brains become less flexible to learning is in some ways a myth. (Jordan Whitt//)Since at least the 1500s, the adage “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has preached the impossibility of schooling older folks. The trope still manages to color stereotypes of aging as more of a downhill slide than a journey toward wisdom. But 16th-century know-it-alls didn’t have access to 21st-century neuroscience, and a growing body of research suggests that late-in-life learning is likelier than Renaissance pundits could ever have imagined. In fact, education does an aging noggin good.Our brains are bafflingly complex at any age. The average adult has around 86 billion neurons, connec

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