A person may not truly begin to age when their physical abilities decline, but… · @unique211u · TwKit

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A person may not truly begin to age when their physical abilities decline, but when their cognitive system gradually becomes rigid. The prefrontal cortex is involved in judgment, decision-making, emotional regulation, and behavioral control. It helps us build a cognitive system for processing the world around us. When someone hurts you, how should you react? When someone challenges you, how should you respond? When you encounter something unfamiliar, do you rethink your assumptions or simply apply what you've learned from the past? As a person's patterns of thinking become increasingly fixed, they gradually enter a state of autopilot. They already know how to react before someone even finishes speaking. They can quickly find an old explanation for almost anything that happens. Unexpected events, conflicts, and everyday problems become less and less capable of provoking genuine emotional responses. It's not that they've understood everything about the world. They've simply become increasingly accustomed to explaining everything through the lens of past experience. I believe the kind of aging we should be most concerned about isn't physical aging. It's the loss of our ability to update our cognitive systems. Physical aging slows down your movements. Cognitive rigidity makes you feel like there's nothing new left in the entire world.

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