Old is Gold,people become more intelligent in older age,research says

Old is Gold,people become more intelligent in older age,research says 01/12/2011

The research about "the emotional intelligence" has conducted by the US scientists, and they found that the older generations are having greater emotional intelligence then the younger one.
They also found that the people belongs to older generation are quite optimist i.e. they usually behave positively in stressful situations.

They stated ''Evolution seems to have tuned our nervous systems in ways that are optimal for these kinds of interpersonal and compassionate activities as we grow.''
The researchers concluded the results by comparing the behavior of 144 adults in the age decades of of 20, 40 and 60.They asked the participants to focus on positive aspects of the film clips.Than the observed the results.
The Psychology and aging Journal published this medical research and its results, which showed that older people are more optimists then younger ones. While the middle aged and younger people are better in paying their attention towards offensive content. However all generations were found to be equally good in showing emotional responses.
Another similar study has been published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Journal,This medical information focuses on the sadness sensitivity in different people of different age groups.
In the second study, 222 adult participants,belonged to different age groups,were shown the emotional film clips, and the sensors were attached to their skin to record their responses. The study showed that the old people respond with more sadness then the younger ones,
According to researches this is due to the fact that older people become more sensitive to emotions due to their greater sharing of sad experiences of life than the younger generation with little exposure to the hardness of life.This medical information extend our views about the social behaviors of human beings.