Gray is good

Science News reports on a study that says an aging brain may be a more emotionally astute brain. “Advancing age heralds a growth in emotional stability accompanied by a neural transition to increased control over negative emotions and greater accessibility of positive emotions,” the story says. By contrast, people under 50 can access negative emotions more quickly and easily than positive ones. “This gradual reorganization of the brain’s emotion system may result from older folk responding to accumulating personal experiences by increasingly looking for meaning in life.”