| Two experiments designed to mirror realistic decision-making scenarios showed that older people were far better at making choices that led to long-term gain. While university-age participants were quicker to make choices which led to immediate rewards, another group aged 60 to 80 were much more adept at taking strategic decisions which took future stages into account. |
兩個(gè)模擬現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中決策過(guò)程的實(shí)驗(yàn)顯示，老人們所做的決定在獲得長(zhǎng)期收益方面要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于年輕人。大學(xué)年紀(jì)的實(shí)驗(yàn)參與者所做的決定會(huì)在短期內(nèi)得到回報(bào)，而另一組60歲到80歲的老人家所做的決定則更加具有戰(zhàn)略性，把未來(lái)要發(fā)生的情況考慮得更周全。 |
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The researchers suggested this could be because younger people make choices using a part of the brain called the ventral striatum which is linked to immediate rewards. As this declines with age, older people are forced to compensate by using their prefrontal cortices, which control rational and deliberate thoughts, they said.
(China.org.cn August 29, 2011) |
研究者稱，這可能是因?yàn)槟贻p人做決定時(shí)更多使用的大腦部位是腹面紋狀體，這部分大腦考慮事情更注重眼前；隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，它會(huì)逐漸萎縮，所以老年人考慮問(wèn)題時(shí)要被迫使用他們的前額葉皮質(zhì)，而這部分大腦考慮問(wèn)題會(huì)更理性，更加深思熟慮。 |
![Older people's wisdom helped them outperform younger participants at taking the bigger picture into account. [Agencies]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110829/000cf1a48b7f0fc57ef312.jpg "Older people's wisdom helped them outperform younger participants at taking the bigger picture into account. [Agencies]")
