Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Probably true but wrong reason
A study in "social" "science" agrees with observed reality, which is highly unusual. But the authors don't understand WHY it happens.
Agrees with reality:
The UArizona researchers wanted to know how often older adults spontaneously bring up memories in the course of their daily conversations - outside of a controlled laboratory setting. Over the course of four days, the daily conversations of 102 cognitively healthy older adults, ages 65 to 90, were monitored with the EAR, or electronically activated recorder - a smartphone app that lets researchers record random samples of study participants' conversations. "We found that the older individuals in our study shared fewer memories. Additionally, we found that the level of detail also decreased with older age as people were describing these memories."Yup. Most oldsters don't waste time telling about the old days. Supposed reason:
The reason memory sharing declines with age is not entirely clear, but it may be linked to age-related changes in the brain,Nope. Reversed motivation:
It's important for people to recall and share memories, Grilli said. Doing so can help them connect with others. It can also guide planning and decision-making and help people find meaning in other life events and circumstances.The researchers think it's important. In a sane society it might be. In modern US society it's futile. Nobody learns from their OWN fucking experiences, let alone from stories by grandparents. Old folks realize this, and that's why they don't bother.
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