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However, although the old group took longer to learn, eventually, they performed as well as the young group. And when we tested the two groups several weeks later, there was again no difference between the two groups. That's very interesting indeed. What else did your experiments show? Well, one group of old people agreed to attend evening classes for a year to study English and mathematics. In fact, most of this group became so interesting in their studies that they continued them for another year. Anyway, we discovered that they did best in the English classes and that most of them steadily improved their ability to communicate in both the written and the spoken language. What about the group who studied mathematics? Well, that's a different story. There seems to be no doubt that people find maths more difficult as they grow older. Through why this is so, I cannot say. Perhaps pocket calculators will solve this problem. I think you're right. In fact, I'm sure that you are. Okay. Time for a commercial. Stay tuned; we'll be right back. |