The Brain Scientists have assumed that people's brains shrink as they age, but researchers now suspect that is not the case. A study in the September issue of Neuropsychology examines long-term Dutch research into aging brains, which used neurological tests and MRI scans to measure parts of the brain. Researchers looked at data from 1994 to 2005 for two groups: 35 people who were cognitively healthy and 30 people who did not have dementia but experienced cognitive decline during the period. Both groups averaged about 69 years old. Those whose cognitive skills declined also had brain shrinkage. This suggested to the researchers that the brain might not shrink much among healthy, older people who do not suffer from cognitive decline.
-The brain is an important aspect to everyone life. Doctors need to be extra precautions in make such diagnostics. These researchers need to be aware that the brain is defiantly not an organ to misdiagnosishttp://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/age-/630776.html
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I agree, the brain is a very serious part of the body that must be better understood. I know from volunteer experience and from taking a few other classes that even as people age they are still able to still think clearly. Of course just as any other muscle if it is not used it may tend to shrink, but in a healthy aging individual the brain should not decrease in size as long as the individual remains cognitively active.
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