Correction: Cognitive Aging: Understanding Declines and Sharpness
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- What's Your IQ
- Topic
- Senior Cognition
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 16 July 2026
The exact change
"The older brain processes differently, not necessarily worse. Experience changes what the brain pays attention to and how it integrates information." - Laura Carstensen, Stanford Center on Longevity
"The older brain processes differently, not necessarily worse. Experience changes what the brain pays attention to and how it integrates information." - a framing consistent with Laura Carstensen's research at the Stanford Center on Longevity
Suggested change
De-attributed the quote to avoid presenting unverified wording as a direct quotation.
Why this is better
The exact wording of this quote could not be verified in any accessible source, though the sentiment matches Carstensen's published research (e.g. her 2011 book A Long Bright Future and socioemotional selectivity theory). Presenting unverifiable exact wording as a direct quotation risks misattribution, so it was reframed as a paraphrase.
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