Comments on: Three Common Myths of Aging http://sixtyplusplace.com/2009/07/08/three-common-myths-of-aging/ Sharing information and experiences about aging--the myth and the reality. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: More Common Myths of Aging: Part I http://sixtyplusplace.com/2009/07/08/three-common-myths-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-108 More Common Myths of Aging: Part I Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:56:12 +0000 http://sixtyplusplace.com/?p=174#comment-108 [...] of aging funded by the John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation. An earlier post dealt with Three Common Myths of Aging. This one discusses another [...] [...] of aging funded by the John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation. An earlier post dealt with Three Common Myths of Aging. This one discusses another [...]

]]> By: Madeleine Kolb http://sixtyplusplace.com/2009/07/08/three-common-myths-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Madeleine Kolb Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:55:23 +0000 http://sixtyplusplace.com/?p=174#comment-19 Hi Jeff, Thanks for the comment. This myth is so damaging, in part because young people tend to believe it which makes them very negative and apprehensive about getting older themselves. Your blog sounds interesting, and I'm going to check it out. I'm a big believer in life-long learning. Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the comment. This myth is so damaging, in part because young people tend to believe it which makes them very negative and apprehensive about getting older themselves.

Your blog sounds interesting, and I’m going to check it out. I’m a big believer in life-long learning.

]]> By: Jeff Cobb http://sixtyplusplace.com/2009/07/08/three-common-myths-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Jeff Cobb Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:05:45 +0000 http://sixtyplusplace.com/?p=174#comment-17 "If you don’t think you can learn new things, you may stop even trying. The less hard you try, the less well you perform. The less well you perform, the less hard you try and so on and so on." So true. I've written about brain "plasticity" before over on Mission to Learn (not an expert at all - just part of my own mission to learn ;-) and the research seems clear that, with a few exceptions, our gray matter can keep growing and changing - in a positive way - throughout life. Glad to have found your blog. Jeff “If you don’t think you can learn new things, you may stop even trying. The less hard you try, the less well you perform. The less well you perform, the less hard you try and so on and so on.”

So true. I’ve written about brain “plasticity” before over on Mission to Learn (not an expert at all – just part of my own mission to learn ;-) and the research seems clear that, with a few exceptions, our gray matter can keep growing and changing – in a positive way – throughout life.

Glad to have found your blog.

Jeff

]]> By: Madeleine Kolb http://sixtyplusplace.com/2009/07/08/three-common-myths-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Madeleine Kolb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:28:15 +0000 http://sixtyplusplace.com/?p=174#comment-9 Hi Zoran, Thank you so much for the comment and the suggestion! I put this on Digg on Tuesday. Madeleine Hi Zoran,
Thank you so much for the comment and the suggestion! I put this on Digg on Tuesday.

Madeleine

]]> By: Zoran http://sixtyplusplace.com/2009/07/08/three-common-myths-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Zoran Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:43:28 +0000 http://sixtyplusplace.com/?p=174#comment-8 Super post, Need to mark it on Digg Super post, Need to mark it on Digg

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