Older adults experience deficits in inhibition or the ability to do away with the distractions which can affect how quickly they process information visually say a study. It is already known that staying on topic may be more difficult for older adults than it is for younger people because older adults begin to experience a decline in what is known as inhibition -- the ability to inhibit other thoughts in order to pursue the storyline. The new research showed that decline in inhibition also can affect visual perception. There is going to be more or less competition in some of
